- Title
- Resolution on fisheries
- Creator
- FAWU
- Subject
- FAWU
- Date
- 1994
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173961
- Identifier
- vital:42426
- Description
- Historically, access to marine resources was unrestricted. In order to facilitate the monopolisation of the fishing resource by a few white companies, a system of quotas was introduced. In this way many black fisher folk lost the access rights they had had for generations. At the present time, the fishing industry is completely biased in favour of a few large and medium sized white companies. This is illustrated by the fact that just three (3) companies hold : • 72% of the hake quota; • 75% of the abalone quota, and • 71 % of the sole quota Overall, across all species, approximately nine tenths (9/10) of the resource is controlled by a hand-full of companies. Since 1994, some of these companies have attempted to blacken their faces. They have also sold minority shares to some black business consortia. Further, a few members of the black elite have been given quotas. None of the above amounts to any kind of restructuring. None of the historic imbalances have been addressed. The above have merely been attempts to confuse the issue and to frustrate any process that attempts to restructure the industry.
- Format
- 8 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU)
- Rights
- No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher
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