Category A applicants, Puffin Fishing CC and River Queen Trading 499 CC, have been fishing tuna pole commercially since the medium-term rights were first allocated in 2006. The businesses applied for 15-year long term rights under FRAP 2020/2021 but they were refused. Both appealed through internal channels, both lost, and then turned to the Western Cape High Court to resolve their respective matters. This is the outcome…
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