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The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism will embark on public consultations to discuss and explain the draft policies for the Allocation and Management of Medium-term Small-scale Commercial Fishing Rights and for the Allocation and Management of Medium-term Subsistence Fishing Rights which was gazetted on 17 November 2006 for public comment. The consultations will start on 27 November – 14 December 2006 and will cover four coastal provinces starting form Port Nollorth on the North Coast to Northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Please visit your nearest Fishery Inspectorate Office for details of the public consultation in your area or visit our website www.mcm-deat.gov.za or www.deat.gov.za for the complete schedule. The two policies are also available on these websites in English, Afrikaans, Xhosa and isiZulu.
Interested and affected parties will have opportunity to submit written comments on each policy to the Deputy Director General, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism: Branch Marine and Coastal Management Private Bag X2, Roggebaai, 8012 for Attention Sandile Sibiya. Written comments may be posted by registered mail to the above address; or faxed to (021) 402-3622; or emailed to subsistence@deat.gov.za and smallscale@deat.gov.za.
All written comments must be received by the Department by no later than 16h00 on MONDAY 18 DECEMBER 2006. Comments received after this time may not be considered.
For more information contact the Customer Service Centre: 0861 123 626
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