Announcement of period for applications for rights and conditions for granting of rights to harvest certain marine resources for commercial purposes: Marine Resources Act, 2000 (No. 92 of 2018).

This Announcement of the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, made in terms of section 33 of the Marine Resources Act, determines specifies that applications for right to harvest the marine resources specified in Annexure 1 of the Schedule for commercial purposes, must be made in the manner prescribed in the Regulations Relating to the Exploitation of Marine Resources as amended and that such applications must comply with the criteria specified in Annexure 2 of the Schedule. Where an applicant is applying for more than one species of marine resources specified in Annexure 1, separate applications must be submitted in respect of each of the marine resource in respect of which a right is sough. The applications for rights to harvest marine resources for commercial purposes may be made in respect of any of the following marine resources - (a) Hake; (b) Horse mackerel; (c) Monk; (d) Large pelagic species; (e) Line fish species; (f) Rock lobster; (g) Deep sea red crab; (h) Mullets; and (i) Cape fur seals.