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| Sauer, W.; Britz, P.; Mather, D.. |
| Political normalisation in South Africa during 1994, and the drafting of the Marine Living Resources Act 1998, led to the imperative to transform the fishing sector to more equitably reflect the racial demographics of the country. The squid fishery, like most other South African fisheries, has historically been dominated by white ownership of access rights and vessels. The squid fishery is an effort limited hand-jig fishery with each operator possessing permits for a certain number of individual fishers. Imposition of racial equity in the squid industry was attempted by means of simple redistribution of a proportion of fisher permits, away from existing boat owners to new entrants from historically disadvantaged communities. The lack of human skills and... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Squid fisheries; Fishery industry. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/393 |
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| Mather, D.; Britz, P.J.; Hecht, T.; Sauer, W.. |
| The introduction of constitutional democracy in South Africa required the redrafting of most Acts of parliament to promote goals of social equity and redress of the consequences of past racial discrimination. The introduction of the Marine Living Resource Act of 1998 required the State to “restructure the fishing industry to address historical imbalances and to achieve equity within all branches of the fishing industry”, but provided no specific strategic policy guidelines for achieving this end. The initial burden of implementing this social agenda fell on government fisheries biologists and a series of interventions with profound economic, legal and political consequences were embarked upon without any proper framework for understanding the expected... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Fishing industry; Fishery legislation. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/310 |
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