NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 1295 {NW1488E}
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 13 of 2021 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 14 May 2021
Mr D W Bryant (DA) to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment:
Whether, in view of the unpoliced night fishing which remains a concern across the country and has been banned in the Breede Estuary, and in light of the purported Ministerial approval for the ban of night fishing across the Republic, which has not yet been gazetted, she has approved a ban on night fishing for implementation across the Republic; if not, why not; if so, (a) how far along is the process of gazetting the ban on night fishing and (b) what agencies will be involved in the (i) policing and (ii) management of a night fishing ban?