Mr Busby made a presentation on the Aquaculture Research System and indicated that the Centre mainly focuses on aquaculture research and sometimes sell larvae to aquaculture farms. He mentioned that the research that they do supports the commercial aquaculture sector. He further reported that DAFF has no funding allocation for Operation Phakisa and some of the Operation Phakisa projects are private sector-driven. It was reported that the limited funding available for Operation Phakisa was given to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), which is the lead Department. After the presentations, the Committee delegation was taken for a tour of the facilities and shown the different research projects. In each project, the scientists involved gave a brief background, fielded questions and provided explanations where required.