The new purpose of the Fisheries Management programme (previously Fisheries) is to promote the management, monitoring and sustainable use of marine living resources and the development of South Africa's fisheries sector. The Fisheries Management programme budget increased by 19.2 per cent in nominal terms and 12.5 per cent in real terms (Table 2). The budget increase may be attributed to increases in the allocations for the Marine Living Resources Fund (MLRF) and the Management sub-programmes. The budget allocation of the Marine Living Resources Fund (MLRF) sub-programme, which constitutes the bulk of the Fisheries Management budget (61.4 per cent), increased by 18.7 per cent in real terms, from R201 million in 2011/12 to R253 million in 2012/13. The remaining 38.6 per cent is for compensation of employees. Despite constituting only 0.5 per cent of the Fisheries Management budget, the Management sub-programme saw a significant budget increase of 498 per cent in real terms, from R300 000 in 2011/12 to R1.9 million in 2012/13. The Department need to clarify the significant increase under the latter sub-programme.