South Africa: Government Hopeful to Issue 15-Year Rights to Small-Scale Fishers

Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister, Barbara Creecy, says she is hopeful that the department will issue 15-year fishing rights to small-scale fishers in the Western Cape.

The Minister said this when she presented the department's budget vote during a virtual sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday.

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