Question NW3543 to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
30 October 2015 - NW3543
Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
With regard to the announcement by his department that the 24 Aquaculture projects under the Operation Phakisa have to be implemented by 2019, (a) how many of these projects will be implemented in 2015 and (b) what are the relevant details of the specified projects?
Reply:
a) The 24 catalyst projects are the original projects identified during the Operation Phakisa Aquaculture LAB phase held in Durban during July and August 2014. Twenty of these projects have started their implementation.
b) An overview of the 24 Operation Phakisa Catalyst Projects are provided in the table below.
|
Initiative |
Name |
Species |
Location |
Province |
Expansion or new |
|
1a |
Expansion-Venteresdorp- Catfish |
Catfish |
Ventersdorp |
North West |
new |
|
1b |
Dooringbaai Abalone Farm |
Abalone |
Dooringbaai |
Western cape |
expansion |
|
1c |
Paternoster Oyster Hatchery |
Oysters |
Paternoster |
Western cape |
new |
|
1d |
Hamburg Oyster Farm |
Oysters |
Hamburg |
Eastern Cape |
expansion |
|
1e |
Oceanwise |
Dusky kob |
East London |
Eastern Cape |
expansion |
|
1f |
HIK Abalone Buffeljags Expansion |
Abalone |
Hermanus/Bredarsdorp |
Western cape |
expansion |
|
1g |
Abagold |
Abalone |
Hermanus |
Western cape |
expansion |
|
1h |
Jacobsbaai Sea Products |
Abalone |
Jacobsbaai |
Western cape |
expansion |
|
1i |
Amatikulu ornamental Farm |
Various oramental species |
Amatikulu |
kwaZulu Natal |
new |
|
1j |
Amatikulu kob farm |
Dusky kob |
Amatikulu |
kwaZulu Natal |
new |
|
1k |
Hamburg Kob Farm |
Dusky kob |
Hamburg |
Eastern Cape |
expansion |
|
1L |
Saldanha Bay Molapong Trout and Salmon |
Trout and Salmon |
Saldanha Bay |
Western cape |
new |
|
1n |
Catfish cluster/ADZ Ventersdorp |
Catfish |
Ventersdorp |
North West |
new |
|
1o |
Blue Oceans Mussels (Growout) |
Mussels |
Saldanha Bay |
Western cape |
expansion |
|
1p |
Southern Atlantic Mussels |
Mussels |
Saldanha Bay |
Western cape |
new |
|
1q |
Algoa Bay Sea Cage Farming - Yellowtail |
Yellowtail |
Algoa Bay |
Eastern Cape |
new |
|
1r |
Richards Bay Kob Cage culture |
Dusky Kob |
Richards Bay |
kwaZulu Natal |
new |
|
1s |
Hondeklip Baai Abalone |
Abalone |
Hondeklip Baai |
Northern Cape |
expansion |
|
1t |
Diamond Coast Abalone Ranching |
Abalone |
Hondeklip Baai |
Northern Cape |
new |
|
1u |
Saldanha Bay Oysters |
Oysters |
Saldanha Bay |
Western cape |
expansion |
|
1v |
Wild Coast Abalone |
Abalone |
Haga Haga |
Eastern Cape |
expansion |
|
1vb |
Wild Coast Abalone Ranching |
Abalone |
Port Elizabeth/Cape Recife |
Eastern Cape |
new |
|
1w |
Roman Bay Abalone Farm |
Abalone |
Gansbaai |
Western cape |
expansion |
|
1x |
Marine Growers Abalone Farm |
Abalone |
Gansbaai |
Western cape |
expansion |