Policy on the Allocation and Management of Commercial Fishing Rights in the Hake Inshore Trawl Fishery: 2015 (No. 1129 of 2015).

This Policy sets out objectives, criteria and considerations that will guide the designated authority the allocation, evaluation, and management of fishing rights in the Hake Inshore Trawl fishery (HIT fishery). Only persons issued with permits in terms of the MLRA may harvest hake and sole caught in the HIT fishery, transport the catch from a landing site to a permitted Fish Processing Establishment and export hake and any products thereof. Matters dealt with in this Policy include: granting of fishing rights (only South African persons); Total Allowable Catch (TAC) or Total Applied Effort (TAE); transfer of rights allocated in terms of this policy; multi-sector involvement; participation in the fishing industry of Historically Disadvantaged Individuals; criteria for applicants; evaluation of historical fishing performance of applicants who have held fishing rights in the HIT fishery; ecosystem approach to fisheries; observer programme; use of local landing sites and local fish processing establishments.