Question NW328 to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesQUESTION
14 March 2019 - NW328
Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesQUESTION
What was the fishing yield of each of the top 10 fishing companies in the country in 2018?
Reply:
(a) The question in its state is not clear as to what the ‘fishing yield’ is referring to. If the term fishing yield is referring to catch, the reported estimated catches are computed below in Table 1.
The reported catches are estimates extracted from the Landing Declarations per right holder for 2018. In the case where landed fish is processed, conversion factors have been applied as per gazetted Conversion Rates.
|
NO |
Right Holder Name |
Total |
Hake Deep Sea Trawl |
Hake Inshore Trawl |
Hake Longline |
Horse Mackerel |
Large Pelagics |
Small Pelagics |
Squid |
|
1 |
Sea Harvest Corporation (Pty) Ltd |
46663.362 |
44940.858 |
1722.504 |
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2 |
Pioneer Fishing (West Coast) Limited |
36171.585 |
36171.585 |
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|
3 |
Amawandle Pelagic (Pty) Ltd |
35863.722 |
35863.722 |
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|
4 |
Irvin & Johnson Ltd |
34711.057 |
33766.243 |
918.959 |
25.855 |
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|
5 |
West Point Fishing Corporation (Pty) Ltd |
33211.780 |
33211.780 |
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|
6 |
Lucky Star Limited |
28989.890 |
28989.890 |
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|
7 |
Premier Fishing SA (Pty) Ltd |
12088.932 |
647.789 |
45.166 |
291.656 |
15.572 |
10979.330 |
109.419 |
|
|
8 |
Eyethu Fishing (Pty) Ltd |
10633.152 |
4403.661 |
305.816 |
57.393 |
804.813 |
5061.469 |
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|
9 |
Gansbaai Marine (Pty) Ltd |
10487.943 |
1087.943 |
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|
10 |
Blue Continent Products (Pty) Ltd |
9272.860 |
5723.556 |
3549.304 |