22 May 2007
SPEECH BY MARTHINUS VAN SCHALKWYK, MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM, ON INTERNATIONAL BIODIVERSITY DAY, DINOKENG, 22 MAY 2007
Indalo Yethu - Save Tomorrow Today
We are here today to give life and power to Indalo Yethu which has the task of mobilising our nation in environmental awareness.
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4 May 2007
Appeal decision - construction of the proposed MATIMBA B power station
The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Mr. Marthinus van Schalkwyk, has considered the appeals lodged against the Department’s decision to grant an environmental authorisation...
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04 May 2007
Threatened and Protected Species Regulations -
to come into force on 1 February 2008

On the 20th of February 2007, Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, Minister of Environmental Affairs & Tourism, announced the new Threatened and Protected Species Regulations. After presentations by some Provincial MEC’s around challenges in implementing these regulations by 1 June 2007, the Minister has decided that these regulations will come into force on 1 February 2008.
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03 May 2007
Minister announces interim relief measures for fishers
The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has announced an interim relief measure to accommodate fishers along the western and southern Cape coastline, who had made several pleas for access to marine living resources.
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02 May 2007
PUBLIC NOTICE

23 April 2007
TRADITIONAL LINE FISH AND HAKE HANDLINE VESSELS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH HAVING FUNCTIONAL VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEMS (VMS).Right holders in the Traditional Line Fish and Hake Handline sectors are advised that the period for applying for an exemption from the required permit conditions to have functional Vessel Monitoring Systems on board vessels in these sectors closed on 16 April 2007.
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10 April 2007
END OF COMMERCIAL FISHING BY MIDDLE OF THE CENTURY UNLESS ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS AQUACULTURE ARE DEVELOPED
It gives me great pleasure to address you at the opening of the I&J Fin Fish Hatchery - the first of its kind in the country, and a giant step towards making the South African fishing industry more sustainable...
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29 March 2007
VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEM (VMS) INSTALATION DEADLINE REMINDER: 1 APRIL 2007
FOR TRADITIONAL LINE FISH AND HAKE HANDLINE SECTOR
Right holders in the Traditional Line Fish and Hake Handline sectors are advised that from 1 April 2007 all vessels involved in these fisheries must have functional Vessel Monitoring System installed as per requirement stipulated in the respective 2007 Permit Conditions.
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02 February 2007
AUTHORITIES CLAMP DOWN ON ABALONE POACHERS
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and the South African Police Service’s Organised Crime Unit have arrested 3 people late yesterday evening in a house in Duinepos near Melkbosstrand for the illegal possession of abalone. They have also made several confiscations...
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25 January 2007
INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT BILL
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS
On 30 January 2007 the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism will embark on a public participation process to discuss the...
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25 January 2007
PUBLIC NOTICE
DEPARTMENT HOLDS STAKEHOLDER ROAD SHOW COST RECOVERY FRAMEWORK
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism’s Marine and Coastal Management Branch will embark on a process to inform stakeholders in the fishing industry of the concept of a Cost Recovery Framework for the Marine Living Resources Fund...
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25 January 2007
PUBLIC NOTICE
Cost Recovery Public Notice Final.pdf

15 January 2007
PUBLIC NOTICE
Appeal Details

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