The fishing year 2016 was dominated by fishing right allocations. Siphokazi Ndudane was formally appointed Fisheries DDG after two years in the job and her “to do” list included gearing the Fisheries branch up for the allocation of rights across nine important fisheries (and fish processing establishments) in 2015/2016 as well as resolving the administrative nightmare of the failed FRAP 2013.
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