HAKE HANDLINE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF RESERVED APPLICANTS
The delegated authorities for hake handline and traditional linefish announced their decisions in these sectors on 28 February 2006. Delegated Authority reserved his decisions on several applications in order to afford the RVU the necessary time to investigate, as indicated in the General Published Reasons.
The RVU is in the process of conducting investigations in respect of the reserved applications (104 applications in total). The RVU is reporting to the Delegated Authority on the outcome of their investigations as soon as an investigation into an applicant or group of applicants is complete. The Delegated Authority has accordingly decided to make his decisions on these applications as soon as practically possible after receiving the RVU’s report. These decisions will be communicated on this website ( www.mcm-deat.gov.za) after they have been taken. The only information that will be provided at this stage are the applicant’s application number, name, name of vessel, allocated crew and decision taken on the application. This will be sufficient to enable successful applicants to obtain their permits.
The reasons for the decisions taken in respect of the reserved applications will be set out in the “Supplementary General Reasons for the decisions on the allocation of rights and quantum in the Hake Handline Fishery” and the “Supplementary General Reasons for the decisions on the allocation of rights and quantum in the Traditional Linefish Fishery”, which will be forwarded to each applicant along with a notification letter and the Spreadsheet containing all the reserved applications as well as a summary of the outcome of the investigations. Applicants may then appeal to the Minster against the decisions made, if they to wish to do so.
