Exemption in Terms of Section 81 of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998) to operate a commercial fish processing establishment without a right granted section 18 of the Marine Living Resources Act (Notice No. 1395 of 2017).

This Notice of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (powers delegated to the Deputy Director-General: Fisheries Management) exempts fishmongers; restaurants; fish shops; supermarkets; large chain stores; authorised fishing vessels that only pack fish in crates or use ice to land fresh fish; those engaged in the drying of legally caught and purchased fish; and the cleaning, heading, gutting, gilling and tailing of fish on board an authorised fishing vessel from sections 1, 13 and 18 (on fishing permits and rights) of the Marine Living Resources Act (MLRA) for unspecified period of time or until such time that the MLRA is amended. Should there be an indication that any stocks of fish or aquatic life, or any species or class of fish or aquatic life in any fishery or part of a fishery may be endangered, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries may in terms of Section 16 of the MLRA, suspend all or any operation of this fishery or any specified part of it or may at any time, in terms of section 81(2) of the MLRA, cancel or amend the exemption granted.