“…. One cannot allow the resource of the many to be exhausted for the benefit of the few (I speak relatively of the “few” current participants in the lobster sector against all of those who will come after them)”.
These are the words by Rogers J in his Judgement (under case number: 11478/18) handed down on 26 September 2018 in the matter of WWF South Africa vs The Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries and the DDG and other respondents.
Determining TAC’s and TAE’s of west coast rock lobster was one of the most important judgement’s granted in South Africa with regard to the preservation of marine living resources and in particular relating to the determination of TAC’s and TAE’s in terms of Section 14 of the MLRA.
The judgement is thorough, well-motivated and clear as to how an official such as the DDG should go about determining a TAC or TAE in a particular fishing sector.
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