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The request for authorisation was received in December, and now South Africa’s Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has approved the acquisition of Viking Fishing fishing rights by the Sea Harvest Group for an amount reported to be in excess of 130 million Rand (€8.75 million).
Sea Harvest is transforming its hake factory at Saldanha Bay in South Africa with advanced processing equipment and software. The installation, scheduled to take place in August this year, will entail a major overhaul of the facility with new equipment and software supplied by Marel.
A South African research vessel sailed from Cape Town last month on the fifth and final leg of an innovative five-year experiment that is expected to shed light on the contentious subject of trawling and the impact it has on the seabed.
‘It’s not enough to talk about transformation, businesses need to show shareholders, customers and especially government stakeholders that they are transformed,’ said Mary-Lou Harry, human resources director at South African fishing company Sea Harvest.
South Africa’s Minister of Fisheries Senzeni Zokwana attended a high level meeting of the G16 Group of like-minded Indian Ocean coastal states fisheries ministers, hosted by the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture of Maldives at the Bandos Island Resort in Malé.
South African industry federation SADSTIA has seen a radical shake-up of its executive committee, with new members from a variety of different backgrounds joining, and with Sea Harvest’s Terence Brown as its newly-elected chairman.
University of Cape Town graduate Fisokuhle Mbatha has joined the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) for a year-long internship, working closely with secretary Johann Augustyn to gain as much knowledge of industry and its management as she can.
A familiar figure in the South African deep sea trawling industry, skipper Lalli Haraldsson has joined fishing gear supplier African Maritime Services (AMS) as the company’s trawl gear technologist.
A Code of Conduct signed by the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) and the South African Hake Longline Association (SAHLLA) is expected to dramatically reduce conflicts between trawlers and longline fishing vessels that target hake on the same fishing grounds.
Companies with interests in fishing are at the top of South Africa’s Most Empowered Companies list.