(1) (a) What is the total number of years that a certain person (name furnished) has had the license to catch octopuses in False Bay,
(b) what are rates of each ton caught for the duration of the license and
(c) to which countries are octopuses marketed;
(2) has the specified person provided his department with data relating to (a) the size of each catch, (b) the sex ratio, (c) seasonal fluctuations, (d) depth differences and
(e) local community training; if not, why not; if so, will he provide Mr R K Purdon with the data for 2017;
(3) (a) what is the total number of (i) boat trips and (ii) factory visits that his department has undertaken to assess the validity of any data provided and
(b) why has no assessment been done in nine years since data had been collected;
(4) whether the specified person will be granted an extended five-year licence from February 2018 and
(b) by what date will his department decide on the viability of an octopus fishery in (i) False Bay and/ (ii) anywhere else on the South African coastline? NW1181E