After 10 years of struggle, traditional fishing communities in South Africa are finally on the brink of securing their historical fishing rights. The signing of an agreement during 2007 by the Minister of Environmental Affairs in which the government committed to developing a new policy for traditional small scale fishers, including subsistence fishers, that recognised their rights, was the culmination of years of mobilization and action.
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