. With the recent proclamation that was signed by the Acting President, the Honourable Mr Kgalema Motlanthe, which transferred most of the MCM to the DAFF, the challenges faced by the community should be looked at together with similar cases in the country. For example, Hermanus in the Western Cape, where the DAFF is working on an abalone recovery plan. . The Committee should also look at how the number of abalone that the community can catch can be increased (total allowable catch) as the three-a-day permits which they previously had, was not cumulative and therefore, not reliable as a source of income. . The Committee should engage the provincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development and Local Government in looking at livelihood alternatives in the absence of abalone fishing permits. Formal correspondence should be drafted to the relevant department to engage further on the matter. The Committee, to also liaise with the relevant portfolio committees in parliament, to address the issue.