Cluster A Application Registration Process

Choosing application form view / register

Welcome to the Cluster A Application Registration Process. Should you wish to obtain an application form, you will be required to register in the manner set out below, and provide a set of Applicant Details.

Prior to registration you need to choose whether you are applying as a Medium Term Right Holder or as a New Entrant.

Once you have made this selection you will be able to select the fishery for which you wish to register from the drop down menu below.

Should you wish to view the application form for the fishery you have selected, click the “View Specimen” button or you may view a specimen application form published in the Government Gazette on Wednesday 15 June 2005. Should you wish to register to apply in the fishery you have selected, click the “Register” button.

Note: New Entrants that are newly established entities are not required to fill in the fields marked: 1.4 Income Tax Number, 1.5 VAT Number or 1.6 Skills Development Levy Number if these numbers have not yet been obtained from the South African Revenue Service. These are no longer required fields for registration purposes.

RESPONSE TO URGENT QUERY RELATED TO SMALL PELAGICS

There are separate application fees for Sardine and Anchovy. When registering, the applicant must choose whether they want to apply for Sardine only, or Anchovy only, or for Sardine and Anchovy. This will influence the required application fee.

The required application fee for Sardine is R 6,400.00

The required application fee for Anchovy is R 2,000.00

The required application fee for Anchovy and Sardine is R 8,400.00

After registration and payment, applicants are provided with an application form on which the choice is indicated. The choice (for either Anchovy, or Sardine, or both) may then not be changed.

The response dated 29 June 2005 on page 6 is therefore somewhat misleading. Only one form must be completed, regardless of whether the applicant is applying for Sardine, Anchovy, or both.

QUERIES ON CLUSTER A APPLICATION FORM:

The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has published a set of responses to queries applicable to the Cluster A Application Forms received during the period 17 June 2005 - 29 June 2005.

Final Cluster A Responses - 24 June 2005 PDF Download
Final Cluster A Responses - 29 June 2005 PDF Download
Cluster A Responses - 15 July 2005 PDF Download

Notice regarding registrations in Cluster A

Cluster A Registration has now closed!

No person may exploit any fish species for commercial purposes without a right granted by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. Commercial fishing rights are only granted in terms of a general invitation published by the Minister in the Government Gazette. Once a right is granted to a successful applicant, the right holder is then issued with a permit which is valid for a 12 month period. The permit is issued subject to conditions and may be refused to the right holder if the right holder has not adhered to all permit conditions, provisions of the Marine Living Resources Act or its Regulations.

In addition, the fishing vessel to be used by the right holder must be licensed by Marine and Coastal Management. Finally, when a right holder lands fish harvested in terms of the permit, the right holder is then obliged to pay a levy for the fish landed on a per kilogram basis.

South Africa has managed it’s fishing resources well and has good reason to be proud of it’s record. Globally, our country is recognised for it’s effective fisheries management.
The recently awarded acclaimed International Marine Stewardship Council certification for the outstanding manner with which we have managed our hake fish stocks, which were on the brink of depletion in the 1970’s, is testimony to this.

With a few exceptions such as line fish species and abalone, our fish stocks have been maintained over decades. The commercial fishing industry in South Africa is worth 15 Billion annually, providing approximately 30 000 direct jobs and further 100 000 casual or indirect jobs.