Under south africa s level 3 lockdown conditions permit holding recreational fishers are once again free to go fishing. The democratic alliance da has written to the minister of environmental affairs forestry and fisheries deff barbara creecy requesting an immediate amendment to the covid 19 lockdown fishing regulations to lift the restriction placed on recreational fishing which will allow for subsistence or own consumption fishers to feed their families.
New legislation announced last week comes with all the expected covid 19 caveats but despite this recreational fishers are free to step into their waders.
Recreational fishing under lockdown. Hunting and recreational fishing are among the activities the department of environment forestry and fisheries has allowed under level 3 of the covid 19 lockdown. Under level 3 lockdown a number of new activities are allowed. Hunting self drive visits to private or public game reserves and national parks as well as recreational fishing are among the activities that will be allowed under level 3 of the national lockdown the department of environment forestry and fisheries has announced on monday.
All recreational fishing is now allowed under level 3. Hunting self drive visits to private or public game reserves and national parks as well as recreational fishing are among the activities the department of environment forestry and fisheries has included in the directions under the covid 19 lockdown level 3. Albi modise spokesman for the department of environment forestry and fisheries confirmed that hunting fishing and self drive visits to national parks are allowed during the third phase of south africa s attempts to curb the spread of covid 19 also known as lockdown.
This after minister of environment forestry fisheries barbara creecy tweeted that all recreational fishing is now permitted except charter fishing effectively ending the months long fishing lockdown in south africa too. All fishing including recreational fishing but with the exception of charter. The fishing lockdown is over.
1 june 2020 hunting self drive visits to private or public game reserves and national parks as well as recreational fishing are among the activities the department of environment forestry and fisheries has included in the directions under the covid 19 lockdown level 3. The department of environment forestry and fisheries announced today 1 june that hunting self drive visits to private or public game reserves and national parks as well as recreational fishing are included in the directions under covid 19 lockdown level 3. Hunting self drive visits to private or public game reserves and national parks as well as recreational fishing are among the activities the department of environment forestry and fisheries has included in the directions under the covid 19 lockdown level 3.
