Notice on Levies on Fish and Fish Products payable under the Marine Living Resources Act (No. 796 of 2010)

Creamer Media Pty Ltd +27 11 622 3744 polity@creamermedia.co.za www.polity.org.za Polity~ a 14 No. 33518 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10 SEPTEMBER 2010 No. 796 10 September 201 O MARINE LIVING RESOURCES ACT, 1998 (ACT NO. 18 OF 1998) LEVIES ON FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS I, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, acting with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, under Section 29 of the Sea Fisheries Act, 1988 (Act No. 12 of 1988) hereby impose the levies on fish and fish products as set out in the Schedule hereto. TINA JOEMAT-PETTERSSON MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES Polity~ a Creamer Media Pty Ltd +27 11 622 3744 polity@creamermedia.co.za www.polity.org.za Polity~ a STAATSKOERANT, 10 SEPTEMBER 2010 No. 33518 15 SCHEDULE 1. In this Schedule any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998) and the Regulations in terms thereof published in Gazette No. 19205 in Notice No. Rl 111 of 2 September 1998, shall bear the meaning so assigned to it and, unless the context otherwise indicates "abalone" means any shellfish of the speciesHaliotis midae,also known as "perlemoen"; "albacore " means the species Athunnus allalunga; 11 anchovy" means any fish of the species Engraulis encrasicolus (previously known as Engraulis capensis); "big eye tuna" means the species Thunnus obesus; "east coast crustacean" means any crustacean, including shrimps, prawns and langoustines found in the waters of the Province of KwaZulu-Natal and caught by means of bottom trawl nets; 11 east coast sole II means any fish of the species Austroglossus pectoralis; "gutted" means cleaned by removing the viscera, but not the removing the head or the gills; "gutted and gilled" means cleaned by removing the viscera and the gills, but not removing the head; 11 hake" means any fish of the genus M erluccius; "headed & gutted" means cleaned by removing the head, gills and viscera; "horse-mackerel II means any fish of the species Trachurus trachurus capensis; 11 kingklip" means any fish of the species Genypterus capensis; 11 langoustine" means any crustacean of the species Metanephrops mozambicus (previously known as Metanephrops anadamanicus); "monkf'ish" means any fish of the species Lophius vomerinus; 11 pilchard II means any fish of the species Sardinops sagax (previously known as Sardinops ocelatus ); "patagonian toothfish" means any fish of the species Dissostichus spp; 11 redeye or round herring" means any fish of the species Etrumeus whiteheadi; 11 red spotted sole II or "red spotted tonguefi.sh" or,' sandrat" means any fish of the species Cynoglossus zanzibarensis; Polity~ a Creamer Media Pty Ltd +27 11 622 3744 polity@creamermedia.co.za www.polity.org.za 16 No.33518 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10 SEPTEMBER 2010 Item No. 2. 3. ', 4. 5(a). "ribbonfish" means any fish of the species Lepidopus caudatus; "seaweed" means any marine macro-algae, including Kelp [Ecklonia maxima and Laminaria pallida (including Laminaria schinzii)] and other species such as Gracilaria gracilis, Gracilariopsis spp and Gelidium spp; "shark" means any fish of the class Chondrichthyes. "shrimp" means any crustacean of the superfamilies Caridea and Penaeoidea including the genera Callianassa and Upogebia; "snoek" means any fish of the species Thyrsites atun; "south coast rock lobster" means any rock lobster of the species Palinurus gilchristi; "southern bluefm tuna" means the species Thunnus maccoyii; "squid" means any squid ( chokka) of the species Loligo vulgaris reynaudii; "swordfish" means the species Xiphias Gladius; "the Act" means the Sea Fishery Act, 1988 (Act No. 12 of 1988); "tuna" means any fish of the speciesAllothunnus fallai, Euthynnus affinis, Gymnosarda unicolor, Katsuwonus pelamis, Sarda orientalis or Sarda sarda or any species of the genus Thunnus "west coast rock lobster" means any Cape or spiny rock lobster of the species J asus lalandii; "west coast sole" means any fish of the speciesAustroglossus microlepis. "yellow tuna" means the species Thunnus albacares; Commercial Fishery Sector Species Type Small Pelagic Fish Directed Pilchard (industrial inclusive) Anchovy: Directed Anchovy: Sardine by-catch Other: Industrial purposes West Coast Rock Lobster West Coast Rock Lobster South Coast Rock Lobster South Coast Rock Lobster: tails South Coast Rock Lobster: whole Offshore and Midwater Trawl Hake Levy rate per ton R58.00 R 17.00 R 17.00 R 17.00 R4,679.00 R 8,682.00 R3,906.00 R227.00 Polity~ a http:R3,906.oo http:8,682.00 http:R4,679.00 Creamer Media Pty Ltd +27 11 622 3744 polity@creamermedia.co.za www.polity.org.za Polity~ a STAATSKOERANT, 10 SEPTEMBER 2010 No. 33518 17 Kingklip R349.00 Sole R 345.00 Horse Mackerel R 19.00 Squid R427.00 East Coast Crustaceans R 169.00 Monkfish R 230.00 Ribbonfish R 22.00 Snoek R27.00 5(b) Inshore Trawl Hake R213.00 Kingklip R 349.00 Sole R 345.00 Horse Mackerel R 19.00 Squid R427.00 East Coast Crustaceans R 169.00 Monkfish R230.00 Ribbonfish R22.00 Snoek R27.00 6. Abalone Abalone R 31,245.00 7. Traditional Linefi.sh 2 or less than 2 tonnes R 161.00 5 tonnes and less, but more than 2 tonnes R 565.00 10 tonnes and less, but more than 5 tonnes R 1,211.00 20 tonnes and less, but more than 10 tonnes R 2,420.00 30 tonnes and less, but more than 20 tonnes R 4,035.00 More than 30 tonnes R 5,646.00 8(a). Tuna (pole or line method) Tuna R 142.00 Tuna by-catch R 111.00 8(b). Tuna or Swordfish Qongline) South African vessels Southern bluefi.n tuna R 1,125.00 Bigeye tuna R 375.00 Y ellowfin tuna R375.00 Swordfish R 375.00 All other species including by-catch R 142.00 G10-081314-2 Polity~ a Creamer Media Pty Ltd +27 11 622 3744 polity@creamermedia.co.za www.polity.org.za Polity~ a 18 No. 33518 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10 SEPTEMBER 201 0 Foreign Flagged vessels Southern bluefin tuna R2,250.00 Bigeye tuna R 750.00 Y ellowfin tuna R 750.00 Swordfish R 750.00 All other species including by-catch R284.00 9. Patagonian Toothfish Patagonian Toothfish R375.00 10. Shark longline Shark R 147.00 11. Hake longline Hake R227.00 Kingklip R349.00 12. Hake handline Hake R 169.00 13. Squid Squid R427.00 14. Seaweed Kelp R 118.00 Other Seaweed species R259.00 15. For the purposes of Item 2, the mass of pilchard, anchovy, redeye (round herring) and horse mackerel shall be determined at a fish processing establishment in the presence of a fishery control officer (subject to paragraph 17). 16. (a) For the purposes of Items 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 15 the whole mass of fish shall be determined by multiplying the mass of the fish caught or parts thereof (see column 1 below) with the appropriate conversion factor (see below). A factor of 1,00 shall be applied to any fish that are landed whole (unprocessed). Column 1 Conversion factor Gurnard, headed and gutted X 1,40 Hake, broken and/or sour X 1,94 Hake, gutted (PQ) X 1,10 Hake, gutted and gilled (PQ) X 1,16 Hake, headed and gutted X 1,46 Hake, mince x2,25 Hake, sausage X 2,25 Hake, skinless fillets (trimmed or untrimmed) X 2,25 Polity~a http:R2,250.00 Creamer Media Pty Ltd +27 11 622 3744 polity@creamermedia.co.za www.polity.org.za Polity~ a STAATSKOERANT, 10 SEPTEMBER 2010 No. 33518 19 Hake, skin-on fillets (trimmed or untrimmed) X 1,94 Horse mackerel, gutted and gilled X 1,09 Horse mackerel, headed and gutted X 1,40 Kingklip, headed and gutted X 1,52 Kingklip, untrimmed fillets X 2,28 Langoustines, tails X 2,80 Monkfish, headed and gutted (tails) X 3,44 Monkfish, gutted (head on) X 1,19 Ribbonfish, headed and gutted X 1,40 Ribbonfish, headed, gutted and tailed X 1,80 Shark, (headed, gutted, tailed and finned) X 1,52 Shrimps and prawns, tails X 1,60 Snoek, frozen X 1,41 Snoek, headed, gutted and tailed X 1,41 Snoek, salted (flecked) X 2,12 Sole, (East Coast sole) gutted X 1,05 Sole or Tonguefish (Red spotted ) gutted X 1,06 Sole, (West Coast sole) gutted X 1,06 West Coast rock lobster (spiny or slipper tails) X 2,20 (b) Where a product is not listed in the above table, a conversion factor from an appropriate equivalent product shall be applied. 17. The levies payable in respect of fish caught during any one month shall be paid before the end of the following month, except in the case of traditional linefish (Item 7) where the levies will be paid before 31 December of the relevant year (based on the permit holders own catch returns). If necessary, in the case of traditional linefish, adjustments in respect of the levies payable will be made in the following year, and permit holders will be allowed to pay the adjusted levies on or before 31 January of the following year. 18. All payments of levies shall be accompanied by a form, certified by the holder of the right to undertake commercial fishing, that indicates the whole mass of fish caught or received Polity~ a http:untrimm.ed Creamer Media Pty Ltd +27 11 622 3744 polity@creamermedia.co.za www.polity.org.za Polity~ a 20 No. 033518 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10 SEPTEMBER 2010 during the month ( or months in the instance of linefishing) concerned. This form is obtainable from: Customer Services, Branch: Fisheries , Ground Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Road, Foreshore, Cape Town, 8001 / Private Bag X2, Roggebaai, 8012 / E-mail: revenue@daff.gov.za / Facsimile: 086 613 6256. 19. Interest and penalties will be imposed on any outstanding amount and late submission of levy declaration forms. Interest will be charged at the rate determined by National Treasury from time to time on any outstanding amount ( except in the case of linefish, where it will be calculated from the first day of the second month following the year in which the fish is landed). A penalty of 10% of the levies payable will be imposed on late submissions of levy declarations and payment of levies due. 20. Levies, penalties and interest payable in terms of this Schedule shall be paid to: The Marine living Resource Fund, Ground Floor, Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Road, Foreshore, Cape Town, 8001 / Private Bag X2, Roggebaai, 8012 / Electronic Funds Transfer or direct deposit (proof of payment to be forwarded to revenue@daff.gov.za or 086 613 6256. 21. Government Notice No. 397, dated 30 April 2009, is hereby repealed. 22. This notice takes effect on 01 October 2010. Polity~ a