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Posted: Feb 20, 2025

Upgraded dredger ready for action

Improving dredging capacity

SOUTH AFRICA: After a four-week installation process to install a new marine excavator on the Italeni undertaken in Transnet National Port Authority’s dry dock in Durban, the grab hopper dredger is ready to resume services to maintain port depths and entrance channels.

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Posted: Feb 19, 2025

Drilling continues in Orange Basin

New well to be drilled

NAMIBIA: Following the completion of drilling operations for the Sagittarius-1X exploration well in Block 2914, located in the Orange Basin, the drillship, Nobel Venturer has moved to the next well in the campaign, Capricornus-1X.

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Posted: Feb 19, 2025

New leadership for CGIMA

Seychelles assumes chair of security group

SEYCHELLES: As announced last year, the Republic of Seychelles officially assumed the Chairpersonship of the Contact Group on Illicit Maritime Activities (CGIMA) from the Republic of Kenya in a formal handover ceremony held yesterday.

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Posted: Feb 18, 2025

An icebreaker promotes relationship between DFFE and PPC

Parliamentary Portfolio Committee gets on board with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

SOUTH AFRICA: Joining the SA Agulhas II for a trip from East London to Cape Town last weekend, members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee were given a first-hand glimpse of the vessel’s capabilities as well as its importance in sustaining global efforts to study the ocean’s role in climate change.

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Posted: Feb 14, 2025

Eastern Cape abalone to be allocated to small-scale fishers

Call of public comment

SOUTH AFRICA: Having published his intention to allocate abalone found in the Eastern Cape to the small-scale fishing sector, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George has called for public comment.

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Posted: Feb 11, 2025

Patrol vessel set to combat IUU

Vessel handover

LIBERIA: The Liberian Fisheries Authority (NaFAA) handed over the patrol vessel, Lone Star to the Ministry of National Defence for use by the Liberia Coast Guard to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing as well as enhance compliance and enforcement across the nine coastal Counties.

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Posted: Feb 11, 2025

Marine spatial plan published for comment

Calling for public stakeholder review

SEYCHELLES: Seychelles’ draft Marine Spatial Plan has been made available for public comment for a 28-day period.

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Posted: Feb 10, 2025

South Africa and Nigeria eye IMO Council seat

Vying for a seat in Category C

After failing to regain a seat on the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Council at the end of 2023, Nigeria and South Africa have indicated their intention to stand for election at the end of this year and officials from both countries are already publicly expressing the validity of their inclusion.

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Is there still a Master Plan for the Ocean Economy? 
As the lead department in developing the Ocean Economy Master Plan, it should be cause for alarm that the OEMP was not mentioned in the Portfolio Committee meeting in April to discuss the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment's five year plan. 
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