Title: Department%20of%20Agriculture,%20Forestry%20and%20Fisheries%20%20Portfolio%20Committee%20Presentation%20on%20the%20Integration%20of%20the%20Branch:%20Fisheries%20Management%20into%20the%20DAFF
1Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Portfolio Committee Presentation on the
Integration of the Branch Fisheries Management
into the DAFF
2PRESENTATION OUTLINE
- Ministerial Mandate
- Branch Fisheries Management Incorporation into
DAFF - Future Plans
- Chief Directorates Aquaculture Economic
development - Fisheries
Research Development - Marine
Resource Management - Monitoring
Control Surveillance - Conclusions
3Ministerial Mandate Full Integration according
to the 2 Proclamations
- Internal integration of the Branch Fisheries
Management - The Branch Fisheries Management has not been
fully integrated into the DAFF, which has led to
DAFF being fragmented when executing its mandate - The mandate regarding fisheries matters
previously resided with the Department of
Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and this
function was transferred to the DAFF from 01
April 2010 - The Internal integration process that is being
undertaken aims to unify functions and processes - It poses definite challenges given the different
cultures which characterised the functioning of
the former two departments and have now been
merged into a single department
4Key Objectives of the Integration Process
- To ensure that the Vision, Mission Culture of
the DAFF permeates the entire organization - To ensure that all the services offered by DAFF
are accessible to all its clients in all
provinces - To optimize the utilization of the human,
financial and physical resources of the
department through - Integrated business processes frameworks i.e.,
avoiding silos - One-stop center for DAFF services or decentralize
where appropriate - Minimize costs related to property rentals
- Avoiding the duplication of functions
- To ensure successful implementation of all
priority programmes of the Department through the
utilization of regional capacities
5Fisheries Incorporation into DAFF
- During April 2010 the fisheries function was
transferred to the DAFF, and it became Programme
6 - Within Programme 6, the aquaculture function was
upgraded to become a Chief Directorate (new post)
and the post of Director Aquaculture was split
into 2 posts, i.e., Director Aquaculture
Technical Services and Director Aquaculture
Management - A new Directorate post for Small Scale Fisheries
Management was created in the CD Marine Resource
Management - A new post of Director Aquaculture Research was
created in the CD Fisheries Research and
Development
6Fisheries Incorporation into DAFF
- The Corporate/support functions previously
located in MCM were transferred to different
branches as follows - Corporate Services
- CD Fisheries Operations Support
- Directorate Integrated Human Resource Management
- Directorate IT
- Chief Financial Office
- CD Financial Management (Fisheries)
- Directorate Supply Chain Management Facilities
- Directorate Revenue Management
- Directorate Financial Management
7Current Status of the Process
- The process thus far comprised of Core Chief
Directors that makes Branch Fisheries Management
- - Aquaculture and Economic Development
- - Fisheries Research Development
- - Marine Resources Management
- - Monitoring, Control and Surveillance
8Current Status of the Process
- The following questions were asked to each
sub-programme - Which services that are being rendered that can
be easily restructured across where they are most
needed? - Which units can best render an efficient and
effective service if located at HO (Pretoria)? - Given the 4 coastal provinces and Pretoria HO,
staff members must be given the option to
indicate where they prefer to based. - Which services can still be rendered from the
Western Cape given the existing critical
infrastructure to enable such services to
continue to be rendered cost effectively?
9CHIEF DIRECTORATE AQUACULTURE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENTTo ensure aquaculture growth and
fisheries economic development for sustainable
livelihoods by providing public support and an
integrated platform for management of aquaculture
10 Introduction
- Aquaculture an infant sector requiring careful
development approach - National Aquaculture Strategic Framework
developed to bring new dispensation in
aquaculture - Effective intergovernmental stakeholder
engagements platforms
11Management Services
- Sustainable Management
- Licensing and permitting of aquaculture and
related operations - Advisory services on legislation and regulations
- Facilitation of EIAs
- Shellfish and finfish monitoring of aquaculture
and related operations - Bio-security and environmental assessments, and
inspection of aquaculture operations - Development, implementation and review of
legislative instruments (regulations, permit
conditions, norms and standards, guidelines),
policies and strategies.
12Technical Support Services
- Technical support (training, advisory) to fish
farmers - Information and data collection, management and
dissemination - Economic and statistical services
- Setting of aquaculture RD agenda
- Coordination and management of research
activities, processes and outcomes in respect of
aquaculture RD agenda - Perform RD work and disseminate results and
- Development and management of aquaculture
development facilities.
13Restructuring Aquaculture Services
- Can easily be done through existing linkages
- PDAs, State-Owned Hatcheries Demonstration
Centres, Universities, Colleges of Agriculture - Proposed model
- Regional approach Inland (Pretoria) coastal
(Cape Town) regions - Inland (Pretoria)
- Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo North
West provinces - Coastal (Cape Town)
- Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, Northern Cape,
Western Cape provinces
14Aquaculture Management in South Africa
- Coastal
- Management services
- Licensing permitting (including advisory on
legislation) - Shellfish Monitoring
- Sector coordination services
- National
- Management services
- General policy development work (strategy,
legislation) - Facilitation of EIAs environmental monitoring
- Finfish monitoring
- Bio-security inspections
- Sector coordination
- All international engagements
15University of Limpopo
Seapoint Aquarium
ADC Gariep
Foretrust, Cape Town
Future sites
Future region
Delpen, Pretoria
Rhodes University
16CHIEF DIRECTORATE FISHERIES RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENTTo ensure the promotion of the
sustainable development of fisheries resources
and ecosystems by conducting and supporting
appropriate research
17Current Services
- These are chiefly internal services, in which the
CDFRD provides scientific advice to the CDMRM
for decision-making - CDFRD also makes scientific inputs to Regional
Fisheries Management Organizations in which South
Africa participates, and performs a watchdog
function here, ensuring that science used for
decision-making in these forums is of a
sufficient quality - CDFRD evaluates applications, and issues permits
for research under Section 83 of the MLRA. The
permitting function is largely done
electronically as all relevant stakeholders have
access to such technology. Permitting requires
multiple inputs from scientific experts and is
also required to co-operate closely with DEA
Oceans Coasts, particularly with regard to
joint permits.
18Current level of regionalization
- The CDFRD currently has staff based in outlying
offices as follows - Sandy Point
- Saldanha Bay
- Mossel Bay
- Port Elizabeth
- The CDFRD sees great potential for wider
regionalization of research functions, both in
coastal and inland provinces
19Challenges to further regionalization
- The current level of regionalization is what can
be achieved with the resources (human capital and
financial resources) currently available to the
CDFRD, as current resources are already
re-prioritized and stretched to past the maximum - Further regionalization could therefore only be
achieved by expansion, would therefore depend on
the availability of new resources - Regionalization would be expensive in terms of
building new laboratories, research facilities,
and stocking these with appropriate research
equipment, in other centers
20Challenges to further regionalization
- The proposed solution
- In the short- to medium-term, it is pragmatic to
utilize existing capacity, facilities and
infrastructure in other centers through
collaborative agreements with existing research
organizations within and around those areas
(universities, national research facilities,
etc.) - In the longer term, in-house DAFF regionalization
can occur as resources are made available.
21CHIEF DIRECTORATE MARINE RESOURCES
MANAGEMENTTo ensure the sustainable utilization
and equitable and orderly access to the marine
living resources through improved management and
regulation
22Current Services Rendered
- Management of fisheries
- Allocation of fishing rights
- Permit Conditions, Policies (Regulations)
- Permits / Exemptions
- Allocation of TAC/TAE
- Rights registers
- Transfer of rights
- International Engagements
23Current Services Rendered cont
- Gather, process economic information
- Fishing Effort and Vessel Changes
- Multidisciplinary inputs of knowledge are needed,
both concerning the resource base of the
fisheries and the social, economic and cultural
contexts of fisheries and fisheries development
(Stakeholder Management) - Recreational Fisheries cross-cutting in a
number of sectors - Fish Processing Establishments cross-cutting
- Implementation of Certification Systems (i.e. EU
Regulations, China Certification)
24PROPOSED STRUCTURE/SERVICES
- DECENTRALISED SERVICES
- Submission of applications and the collection
thereof (Customer Services) - Processing issuing of all permits (Back Office
and delegated authorities) - All Payments (Permits, Levies)
- General Fisheries Management (Operations)
25PROPOSED STRUCTURE/SERVICES
- All the above services to be rendered in major
nodal points as follows - Northern Cape Port Nolloth
- West Coast Saldanha
- Cape Town
- South Coast Hermanus
- Mossel Bay
- EC PE, EL Pond land
- KZN Durban
26PROPOSED STRUCTURE/SERVICES Cont
- 2. SERVICES TO OFFERED AT CAPE TOWN OFFICES
- Fisheries Management (i.e. implementation of
policies delegated at Middle Management) - Implementation of Certification Systems (EU,
China, etc) - Fisheries Economists who collect and analyze data
to inform decision making - SERVICES TO BE RENDERED AT HEAD QUARTERS
- Policy development
- Strategic leadership
27CHIEF DIRECTORATE MONITORING CONTROL AND
SURVEILLANCE To ensure the promotion and
protection of sustainable use of marine living
resources by intensifying enforcement and
compliance
28MCS COVERAGE
29ROLES OF EACH DIRECTORATE MCS
- VMS
- Patrols and Inspections of vessels at Sea
- Reactive oil Pollution abatement
- Fire fighting
- Search and rescue
- 40Fishery Control Officers
FISHERIES PROTECTION VESSELS
30FISHERIES PROTECTION VESSELS CURRENT OVERALL
PATROL AREA
Marion and Prince Edward EEZ
SA EEZ
30
31Fisheries Protection Vessels
-
- 1300 SA and Foreign flagged vessels
- One Off - Shore Patrol vessel (OPV)
- Two In - shore Patrol vessels (IPV)
- 12 Small craft fleet
- Total Ocean Area of coverage 1milKm2
32The Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)
33Directorate Compliance Key Responsibilities
- Land based patrols and inspections
- Monitor 22 Consumptive Commercial Fishing sectors
FPEs, Landings Restaurants - Recreational Fishers 250 000
- Subsistence Fishers 800
- Interim relief 916
- Monitoring of exports and imports of fish at
points of entry and exit. - 4X4 regulation
- Monitoring of Aquaculture farms,
- 215 Fishery Control Officers to cover a coastal
line of 3500 KM ratio 117km
COMPLIANCE
34INSPECTIONS
FPEs
Landing site
Road blocks
Cold Stores
35Dir. Monitoring Surveillance Key
Responsibilities
- Investigation of transgressions in term of the
Marine Living Resources Act - Investigations of Rights Holders
- Special Operations
- Stations Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and East
London - 30 officials
MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE
36STRATEGY FOR FULL INTEGRATION
- Engagement with all Senior Managers Done
- Engagement with all Staff through their
Sub-programmes Done - Feedback received from all Sub-programme and
there is Overwhelming support from the majority
of staff members for the process - Acknowledgement that DAFF as a whole need full
integration at both national (HO) and
regional/provincial offices and that is a
positive factor - Full consultation with the Unions about the
impact of full integration to staff - Investigate availability of Office Space in
Pretoria to accommodate Units ready to move
underway - Undertake an Audit of all rented space across the
country and engage Department of Public Works
about the implication of the cancellation of
existing lease agreements in line with
37CONCLUSIONS
- The acknowledgement that internal integration
involves coordination and collaboration this
aspects were never received enough attention as
the focus was more to capacitate the new
structure of the department - DAFF will fast-track the process to establish
regional offices for all the services that it
must render regionally including Fisheries
functions as soon as the as soon as an audit of
all rented offices by DAFF across the country is
finalized. - Support services will also be rationalized
according to the needs of each regional office as
Fisheries and Forestry remains DAFFs national
competency.
38CONCLUSIONS
- Address the issues of office space at Head Office
as all top management (DDG Chief Directors) and
Corporate Support units are relocated to Pretoria
in the short-term. - Branches Corporate Services, Chief Financial
Office and Stakeholder Relations will finalise
the support integration once the regionalization
process is finalised - All the above Branches will be managed by the
respective DDGs and Chief Directors at Head
Office
39THANK YOU