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    Current state of extension and advisory services in South African fisheries
    (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2012) Hara, Mafaniso; Isaacs, Moenieba
    The fishing industry can be divided into marine, recreational, aquaculture and inland sub-sectors. The marine sub-sector is the main commercial fishing sector comprised of industrial fishing and also small-scale fishing, the latter having just been gazetted in June 2012. The recreational sub-sector has the most participants with over three quarters of people participating in the sector. The last two are new sectors that are currently being created and legally formalised. The marine small-scale fisheries, inland fisheries and community aquaculture have been established on the basis of providing for food security and poverty alleviation for coastal communities and inland rural communities. Prior to the revised Marine Living Resources Act of 1998, only marine commercial fishing and recreational fishing had been legally recognised as the fishing activities. Fisheries management had thus been the conventional science based centralised type whereby government was solely responsible for management of fisheries. Because fishing rights were only given to a few entities, an exclusionary type to co-management between government and the few players was possible. As a result of this past management approach, government had not developed a formal extension capability. This changed after the end of apartheid in 1994 and the entry of increase numbers of rights holders into the industry as part of transformation of the industry. Despite the entry of increased number of people into the industry, interaction and consultation between government and industry has been formalised through scientific and management working groups. Participation in these working groups is through representation by a selected member of a rights holders association, meaning that those that do not belong to industry associations are not represented. Industry associations also make use of private (consultant based) advisory and legal services. Other coercive forms of advice to industry by both international and national organisations are the market and consumer based initiatives such as certifications and fair trade.
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    Restitution of land rights amendment bill 2013
    (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013) Cousins, Ben; Hall, Ruth; Isaacs, Moenieba; Paradza, Gaynor
    1.1. This document represents a response from researchers at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies to the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill as published on 19 October 2013. It is a statement by the signatories below and does not purport to represent the views of the University or the Institute as a whole. All those signing have been supporters of the Restitution programme since its inception in 1994, and several have been intimately involved in its development over the years. 1.2. Our comments are made in the spirit of the original aims of the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994: that a just resolution should be found for the situation those dispossessed of land rights through racist and apartheid legislation, and that this should be done in a way that supports the broader national aims of reconciliation and the social and economic development of our people. PLAAS’s experience and role in supporting and monitoring the restitution programme are set out in the later section 10 of this submission.