Fishing permit fee increase from 1 May 2010
Thu, 2010-02-04 07:22 | 
From page 76, Government Gazette 29 , January 2010
Annual & temporary permit prices with effect from 1 May 2010:
Fees payable in respect of issuing a permit to undertake Recreational Fishing (annual), and fees payable in respect of issuing short-term permits (only valid for 4 weeks) of:
NB. in addition to the permit issuing costs, on page 74 it states that:
Fees payable in respect of an application for a permit to undertake recreational fishing - R30 (additional)
(Furthermore, to apply for a permit to undertake subsistence fishing costs R6, and for the issuing of the permit, a further R40.)
Interested and affected parties may submit written comment to Revenue Management at the Department of Environmental Affairs:
Marine & Coastal Management
Private Bag X2
Roggebaai, 8012
Written comments may be posted by mail to the above address, or:
Fax: 086-613 6256
Email: revenue@deat.gov.za
All written comments must be received by the department by no later than 16h00 on 1 March 2010.
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permit costs
I have a tackle shop in Port Elizabeth and every single person says the increases are crazy.most of my very law abiding citesing say they will sell there fish to cover costs. the sea is for all of us to use ,only people abusing the sea should be punished.they will creata a very negative fishermen if they go through with these crazy increases.lastly what about the poor.
New Permits
How ridiculous! We have been diving for more than thirty years. We however live in the Free State and do not get to the sea regularly. Now we are expected to pay R500 for crayfish, plus an additional R300 for molluscs, plus an additional R200 for angling. You can't do all these activities in one day so it's really a waste of money. The government are encouraging the law abiders to become the villains - I would rather become a poacher than pay these phenomenal prices. We must now pay so that the actual poachers - who continue to get away with devastating the sea life - can continue to rape the coast. Wake up man!!! If there can't be sufficient Parksboard people to control the poachers, how the heck do they plan to control the locals (including us yokels from the Free State)?