NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 2083
DATE OF PUBLICATION: FRIDAY 06 NOVEMBER 2009 [IQP No 27 -2009]
FIRST SESSION, FOURTH PARLIAMENT
Question 2083 for Written Reply, National Assembly: Mr   Mr P J C
Pretorius (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
What (a) the fisheries component of her department entails and (b)
percentage of the total fish production it represents? NW2739E
REPLY
(a) The component of fisheries administered by the Department of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries at this point is aquaculture and it is
made up of marine and freshwater aquaculture.
(b) Aquaculture represents about 0.6% of the total fisheries production. In
2008 the total fisheries production was about 650 000 tons and aquaculture
production was 3 600 tons.