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Potential of Fishery Cooperative Enterprises in South Africa

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  • Shadreck Matindike
  • Stephen Mago
  • Loice Tamirepi

    (Nelson Mandela University)

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Community-based legal entities were proposed as the core economic and institutional structure for smaller-scale fishing communities in the Small-Scale Fishery Policy (SSFP) that was implemented in 2012. The villages are allowed to select the kind of legal organisation that best suits their needs and preferences. However, Regulations Relating to Small-Scale Fishing (2016) stipulated that the community-based legal entities should cooperatives. As a result, fishers must be members of a particular fishing society or cooperative to successfully secure fishing rights for small-scale businesses. The purpose of this research article is to evaluate the potential of these cooperative enterprises as an effective agent in achieving social, economic, and environmental objectives in the fishing sector. Consequently, the research provides authorities and scholars with evidence regarding the benefits of collectives like cooperatives in distribution of fishing rights as stipulated by SSFP.

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  • Shadreck Matindike & Stephen Mago & Loice Tamirepi, 2024. "Potential of Fishery Cooperative Enterprises in South Africa," Africagrowth Agenda, Africagrowth Institute, vol. 21(4), pages 4-7.
    • Handle: RePEc:afj:journ2:v:21:y:2024:i:4:p:4-7
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