The 2021 Draft General Fisheries Policy on the Allocation of Commercial Fishing Rights, published in the Government Gazette a week ago, emphasises scoring criteria in favour of transformation of the industry rather than improving the equity stock ownership of previously disadvantaged individuals (PDIs). But the sector specific policies are somewhat vague in this regard.
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