Erongo governor Neville Andre on Friday announced that the government has awarded the partly state-owned company Seaflower Pelagic Processing a quota for the current fishing season.
Andre said the awarding of the quota is part of the government’s efforts to secure 600 jobs at the fishing company. Seaflower employees were retrenched at the end of July after the company failed to secure a 50 000 metric tonnes horse mackerel quota.
According to the Andre, the quota was awarded as part of the Fishcor board’s short-term solution for the company’s problems, while they are looking at a long-term solution to secure jobs.
Andre said the company was instructed to start with operations with immediate effect.
The company was last awarded a fishing quota of 5 000 tonnes in May. That quota was caught during the same month.
Seaflower Pelagic Processing is a partnership company between the state-owned National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor), which has a 40% stake in the company, and African Selection Fishing (60%).
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