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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa

Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2021

Carole Veitch | South Africa | 25 October 2021

Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2020

Yasmin Mahomedy | South Africa | 27 February 2020

Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2018

Yasmin Mahomedy | South Africa | 09 February 2018

Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2016

Yasmin Mahomedy | South Africa | 30 August 2016

Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2015

Yasmin Mahomedy | South Africa | 26 January 2015

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Report Coverage

This report focuses on ocean and coastal fishing and aquaculture in South Africa. It provides comprehensive information on the state and size of the sector, performance of major players, developments and corporate actions. There is information on the fishing rights allocation process, total allowable catch and quotas and marine resources. The report includes 19 company profiles including major players I&J, Oceana and Sea Harvest and companies involved in the abalone industry such as Wild Coast Abalone and Abagold.

Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture in South Africa

The South African ocean and coastal fishing and aquaculture sector supports food security, provides jobs and is a net exporter of fish and other marine species and an important earner of foreign revenue. Abalone and lobster producers have been hard hit by the pandemic, and while most of the ocean and coastal fishery sectors have been resilient, the industry is feeling the effects of supply chain disruptions and climate change.

Marine Resources

While some fish stocks previously considered overfished, such as hake, have recovered through effective management, others are overfished, or the status of the stocks is unknown. Almost 40% of stocks are of concern. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment recently published the draft Revised National Biodiversity Framework 2019 to 2024 for the management and protection of species and ecosystems. Areas of significant concern include freshwater ecosystems, rivers and estuaries, with freshwater fish identified as the most vulnerable of all the species.

Fishing Rights

The fishing rights allocation process, which was postponed to the end of December 2021, deals with long-term commercial fishing rights. A key objective is to rebalance fishing quota allocations to empower community-based and small black-owned enterprises. The process has caused some concern that large fishing companies will get reduced allocations and that concerns relating to the rights allocation have discouraged investment.

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2021

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R 6 500.00(ZAR) estimated $343.74 (USD)*

Industry Overview

R 4 550.00(ZAR) estimated $ 240.62 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2018-02-09

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2016-08-30

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2015-01-26

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Table of Contents

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Value Chain 5
2.2. Geographic Position 7
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 9
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 14
4.1. Local 14
4.1.1. Trade 24
4.1.2. Corporate Actions 27
4.1.3. Regulations 27
4.1.4. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 30
4.2. Continental 32
4.3. International 36
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 38
5.1. COVID-19 38
5.2. Environmental Concerns 40
5.3. Total Allowable Catch and Quotas 45
5.4. Government Initiatives 46
5.5. Economic Environment 48
5.6. Rising Operating Costs 49
5.7. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 49
5.8. Labour 51
6. COMPETITION 54
6.1. Barriers to Entry 55
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 55
8. OUTLOOK 56
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 57
10. REFERENCES 58
10.1. Publications 58
10.2. Websites 59
APPENDIX 1 60
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APPENDIX 2 - Summary of Notable Players 61
Ocean & Coastal Fishing 61
Fish Hatcheries and Fish Farms 65
COMPANY PROFILES – OCEAN & COASTAL FISHING 68
African Marine Products (Pty) Ltd 68
Impala Fishing (Pty) Ltd 70
Irvin and Johnson Ltd 71
Oceana Group Ltd 75
Pioneer Fishing (West Coast) (Pty) Ltd 81
Premier Fishing SA (Pty) Ltd 83
Sea Harvest Corporation (Pty) Ltd 87
Umsobomvu Fishing (Pty) Ltd 90
COMPANY PROFILES – FISH HATCHERIES & FISH FARMS 92
Abagold Ltd 92
Aqunion (Pty) Ltd 95
Blue Ocean Mussels (Pty) Ltd 97
HIK Abalone Farm (Pty) Ltd 99
Irvin and Johnson Ltd 101
Jacobsbaai Sea Products (Pty) Ltd 105
La Pieus Aqua (Pty) Ltd 107
Premier Fishing SA (Pty) Ltd 109
Viking Aquaculture (Pty) Ltd 113
West Coast Abalone (Pty) Ltd 116
Wild Coast Abalone (Pty) Ltd 118
Zini Fish Farms (Pty) Ltd 120
Zwembesi Farm (Pty) Ltd 121

Report Coverage

This report on Ocean and Coastal Fishing includes comprehensive information on the fishing industry including the state and size of the sector, performance of the major players and developments in regulation including fishing rights and allowable catches. There are profiles of 16 companies including major companies in the sector such as Oceana, Sea Harvest, I&J and Pioneer and aquaculture and abalone farmers such as HIK Abalone farm, Blue-Green Aquaculture, La Pius Aqua and West Coast Abalone.

Ocean and Coastal Fishing

South Africa consumes approximately 312 million kilograms of seafood annually, of which 50% is caught locally and 70% is sardine and hake. Fishing rights were last allocated in 2005 and expire in December 2020, and it is expected they will be adjusted to give community-based and small black-owned fishing enterprises increased access to allocated rights.

Aquaculture

With natural fish resources in decline and growing demand for fish, aquaculture is becoming increasingly important. There are more than 195 operating marine and aquaculture farms in South Africa, but aquaculture remains a small part of the industry. The Operation Phakisa programme aims to stimulate job creation and promote food security by investing in the ocean economy, including aquaculture. Despite investments of R41.1bn, which is about R9bn above target, almost 10,000 direct jobs were created in the five years since the programme was launched against a 77,000 target.

Transformation

Research indicates that historically disadvantaged people hold about 66% of companies harvesting 90% of the hake deep-sea trawl catch. Their share has more than doubled from around 30% in 2005. The Small-scale Fisheries Policy was aimed at giving small-scale fisheries the opportunity to have equal access to the country’s marine resources as commercial fishing companies. In November 2019, 1,500 people represented by 20 small-scale fishing co-operatives were awarded subsistence and commercial fishing rights

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2020

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R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

Industry Overview

R 1 330.00(ZAR) estimated $ 70.34 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2021-10-25

R 6 500.00(ZAR) estimated $343.74 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2018-02-09

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2016-08-30

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2015-01-26

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

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Table of Contents

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Value Chain 3
2.2. Geographic Position 4
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 6
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 7
4.1. Local 7
4.1.1. Corporate Actions 15
4.1.2. Regulations 15
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 17
4.2. Continental 19
4.3. International 20
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 22
5.1. Total Allowable Catch and Quotas 22
5.2. Economic Environment 23
5.3. Government Initiatives 23
5.4. Rising Operating Costs 24
5.5. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 24
5.6. Labour 26
5.7. Environmental Concerns 28
6. COMPETITION 30
6.1. Barriers to Entry 31
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 31
8. OUTLOOK 32
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 32
10. REFERENCES 33
10.1. Publications 33
10.2. Websites 33
APPENDIX 1 35
Ocean & Coastal Fishing 35
Fish Hatcheries & Fish Farms 39
COMPANY PROFILES – OCEAN & COASTAL FISHING 42
AFRICAN MARINE PRODUCTS (PTY) LTD 42
IMPALA FISHING (PTY) LTD 44
IRVIN AND JOHNSON LTD 45
OCEANA GROUP LTD 49
PIONEER FISHING (PTY) LTD 54
PREMIER FISHING SA (PTY) LTD 57
SEA HARVEST CORPORATION (PTY) LTD 60
COMPANY PROFILES – FISH HATCHERIES & FISH FARMS 63
ABAGOLD LTD 63
AQUNION (PTY) LTD 66
BLUE OCEAN MUSSELS (PTY) LTD 68
BLUE-GREEN AQUACULTURE (PTY) LTD 70
HIK ABALONE FARM (PTY) LTD 71
IRVIN AND JOHNSON LTD 73
JACOBSBAAI SEA PRODUCTS (PTY) LTD 77
LA PIEUS AQUA (PTY) LTD 79
PREMIER FISHING SA (PTY) LTD 81
WEST COAST ABALONE (PTY) LTD 84
WILD COAST ABALONE (PTY) LTD 86

Report Coverage

The report on South Africa’s fishing and fish farming industry describes current conditions, developments in the sector which is being threatened by poaching and overfishing, and factors that influence the success of fishing entities. Profiles for 18 companies, seven active in the commercial ocean fishing sector, and 11 in the sector, are provided. Included is one of the market leaders, Sea Harvest which in December 2017 reported it had entered into negotiations to acquire the entire business of Viking Fishing and a 51% majority stake in Viking Aquaculture. Also profiled is HIK Abalone Farm (Pty) Ltd, an aquaculture company that employs 170 people in the cultivation of 190kg of abalone every year for local and international markets.

Ocean and Coastal Fishing and Fish Farming

The domestic fishery sector is divided into two sub-sectors: the wild capture fisheries, which include commercial, recreational and small-scale fisheries; and aquaculture, including mariculture, which is considered undeveloped but which is growing more rapidly than all other animal food-producing sectors. In the commercial fishing sector enterprises range from relatively small-scale Cape rock oyster fisheries, to the highly industrialised multi-million Rand deep-water trawl industry, which primarily targets hake. Together the commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors are valued at approximately R6.67bn annually and employ more than 9,600 people.

Fishing rights

The Small-scale Fisheries Policy implemented in May 2013 allows small-scale fisheries the opportunity to have equal access to the country’s marine resources after having to compete for years with commercial fishing companies. In 2006 the allocation of medium to long-term fishing rights was finalised for a period of time in the hope of stabilising the various sectors, enabling companies to invest in commercial fishing with confidence and empowering previously disadvantaged fishermen. However, dissatisfaction from both sides concerning the allocation of the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) from local stocks continues.

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2018

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R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

Industry Overview

R 1 330.00(ZAR) estimated $ 70.34 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2021-10-25

R 6 500.00(ZAR) estimated $343.74 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2020-02-27

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2016-08-30

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2015-01-26

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

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Table of Contents

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Value Chain 3
2.2. Geographic Position 4
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 6
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 14
4.1. Local 14
4.1.1. Corporate Actions 21
4.1.2. Regulations 21
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 24
4.2. Continental 25
4.3. International 27
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 28
5.1. TAC and Quotas 28
5.2. Economic Environment 29
5.3. Government Initiatives 29
5.4. Rising Operating Costs 30
5.5. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 31
5.6. Labour 33
5.7. Environmental Concerns 35
6. COMPETITION 37
6.1. Barriers to Entry 37
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 38
8. OUTLOOK 39
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 39
10. REFERENCES 40
10.1. Publications 40
10.2. Websites 40
COMPANY PROFILES - OCEAN & COASTAL FISHING 41
AFRICAN MARINE PRODUCTS (PTY) LTD 41
IRVIN AND JOHNSON LTD 43
OCEANA GROUP LTD 47
PIONEER FISHING (PTY) LTD 52
PREMIER FISHING SA (PTY) LTD 55
SEA HARVEST CORPORATION (PTY) LTD 58
VIKING FISHING COMPANY (DEEP SEA) (PTY) LTD 60
COMPANY PROFILES - FISH HATCHERIES & FISH FARMS 63
ABAGOLD LTD 63
AQUNION (PTY) LTD 66
BLUE OCEAN MUSSELS (PTY) LTD 68
BLUE-GREEN AQUACULTURE (PTY) LTD 70
HIK ABALONE FARM (PTY) LTD 71
IRVIN AND JOHNSON LTD 73
JACOBSBAAI SEA PRODUCTS (PTY) LTD 77
LA PIEUS AQUA (PTY) LTD 79
PREMIER FISHING SA (PTY) LTD 80
WEST COAST ABALONE (PTY) LTD 83
WILD COAST ABALONE (PTY) LTD 85

Report Coverage

This report covers South Africa’s fishing and fish farming sector, including recent developments, as well as factors influencing the success of the sector. A wide spectrum of notable players in the fishing industry are also profiled, including Oceana Group, Irvin & Johnson Ltd (I&J), Sea Harvest, Pioneer Fishing, Premier Fishing, FoodCorp and Viking. Fish hatcheries and fish farms are also profiled and these include Abagold Ltd, Blue-Green Aquaculture (Pty) Ltd, Blue Ocean Mussels (Pty) Ltd and West Coast Abalone.

Ocean and Coastal Fishing and Fish Farming

South Africa’s fishing and fish farming industry contributes about 0.5% to the country’s GDP, with the marine commercial fishing industry, valued at approximately R6bn annually. The sector continues to be threatened by overfishing and poaching and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates that about 70% of South Africa’s commercial fish species is considered collapsed. The country’s fisheries sector is also conservatively losing over R4bn annually due to poaching with about 3,000 tons of fish being poached. Demand for South African fish in well-established international markets remains steady and declining wild fish stocks continues to fuel growth of the aquaculture/fish farming sector. In response, the South African government has outlined aquaculture as an area for development in the Provincial Industrial Development Strategy and aims to grow the sector’s revenue from R0.67bn to R3bn.

Key Issues

South Africa’s fishing industry, which is over a 100 years old, is globally recognised for its sustainable approach and can only continue to sustain the country if fish stocks are properly managed and are not destroyed by negative practices, which include the increasing threat of seabed mining in South Africa's EEZ, syndicated crime, over-exploitation of high-value species, corruption and poor compliance levels.

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2016

Full Report

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

Industry Overview

R 1 330.00(ZAR) estimated $ 70.34 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2021-10-25

R 6 500.00(ZAR) estimated $343.74 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2020-02-27

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2018-02-09

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2015-01-26

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Table of Contents

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Value Chain 3
2.2. Geographic Position 4
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 5
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 14
4.1. Local 14
4.1.1. Corporate Actions 21
4.1.2. Regulations 21
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 23
4.2. Continental 25
4.3. International 26
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 27
5.1. TACs and Quotas 27
5.2. Economic Environment 27
5.3. Government Initiatives 27
5.4. Rising Operating Costs 29
5.5. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 29
5.6. Labour 30
5.7. Environmental Concerns 32
6. COMPETITION 34
6.1. Barriers to Entry 34
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 35
8. OUTLOOK 36
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 36
10. REFERENCES 37
10.1. Publications 37
10.2. Websites 37
COMPANY PROFILES - OCEAN & COASTAL FISHING 38
African Marine Products (Pty) Ltd 38
Cape Pilchard Pioneer CC 40
Irvin and Johnson Ltd 41
Oceana Group Ltd 46
Pioneer Fishing (Pty) Ltd 51
Premier Fishing SA (Pty) Ltd 55
Sea Harvest Corporation (Pty) Ltd 59
Viking Fishing Company (Deep Sea) (Pty) Ltd 62
COMPANY PROFILES - FISH HATCHERIES & FISH FARMS 65
ABAGOLD LTD 65
Aqunion (Pty) Ltd 68
Blue Ocean Mussels (Pty) Ltd 70
Blue-Green Aquaculture (Pty) Ltd 72
Hailo-Dar Boerdery Projekte (Pty) Ltd 73
HIK Abalone Farm (Pty) Ltd 74
Irvin and Johnson Ltd 76
Jacobsbaai Sea Products (Pty) Ltd 80
Premier Fishing SA (Pty) Ltd 82
West Coast Abalone (Pty) Ltd 85
Wild Coast Abalone (Pty) Ltd 87

Extract

Declining wild fish stocks and the growing demand for seafood around the world has resulted in the growth of the aquaculture or fish farming sector...

Description

This report covers South Africa's two fishery sector components. One component is the wild capture fisheries, which includes commercial, recreational and small-scale fisheries each with their own specific research and management mandates. The other component is aquaculture, including mariculture, which is considered undeveloped.

Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2015

Full Report

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

Industry Overview

R 1 330.00(ZAR) estimated $ 70.34 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2021-10-25

R 6 500.00(ZAR) estimated $343.74 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2020-02-27

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2018-02-09

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

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Ocean & Coastal Fishing and Aquaculture Industry in South Africa 2016-08-30

R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $100.48 (USD)*

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Table of Contents

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Supply Chain 2
2.2. Geographic Position 3
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 4
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 8
4.1. Local 8
4.1.1. Corporate Actions 12
4.1.2. Regulations & Government Programmes 13
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 14
4.2. Continental 16
4.3. International 18
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 19
5.1. TACs and Quotas 19
5.2. Government Intervention 19
5.3. Economic Environment 20
5.4. Rising Input Costs 20
5.5. Labour 20
5.5.1. General 20
5.5.2. Skills and Training 21
5.5.3. Unions 21
5.6. Environmental Concerns 22
6. COMPETITION 23
6.1. Barriers to Entry 23
6.2. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 24
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 25
8. OUTLOOK 25
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 25
10. REFERENCES 26
10.1. Publications 26
10.2. Websites 26
ORGANOGRAM 13100 27
Ocean and Coastal Fishing 27
COMPANY PROFILES 28
AFRICAN MARINE PRODUCTS (PTY) LTD 28
CAPE PILCHARD PIONEER CC 30
FOODCORP (PTY) LTD 31
IRVIN & JOHNSON LTD 34
OCEANA GROUP LTD 36
PIONEER FISHING (PTY) LTD 39
PREMIER FISHING SA (PTY) LTD 42
SEA HARVEST CORPORATION (PTY) LTD 45
VIKING FISHING COMPANY (DEEP SEA) (PTY) LTD 47
ORGANOGRAM 13200 49
Fish Hatcheries and Fish Farms 49
COMPANY PROFILES 50
ABAGOLD LTD 50
AQUAFARM DEVELOPMENT (PTY) LTD 52
BLUE OCEAN MUSSELS (PTY) LTD 54
BLUE-GREEN AQUACULTURE (PTY) LTD 56
HIK ABALONE FARM (PTY) LTD 57
IRVIN & JOHNSON LTD 59
JACOBSBAAI SEA PRODUCTS (PTY) LTD 61
PREMIER FISHING SA (PTY) LTD 62
ROMAN BAY SEA FARM (PTY) LTD 65
WEST COAST ABALONE (PTY) LTD 66
WILD COAST ABALONE (PTY) LTD 67