(1) What are her department's time frames for the eight state-owned merchant vessels to be registered as naval vessels and removed from the SA Maritime Safety Authority's register of vessels; (2) how will (a) fishery control officers and (b) researchers be permitted to function on board naval vessels; (3) whether any plans have been put in place to ensure a smooth handover with regard to the research functions that have been carried out by Smit Amandla Marine; if not why not; if so, what plans?