About the South African Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association

SADSTIA interacts with government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other interested parties for the benefit of the South African deep-sea trawl industry. The association maintains a professional relationship with scientific and management consultants, such as OLRAC and Capricorn Fisheries Monitoring (CapFish), which provide technical advice on a wide range of issues. Within SADSTIA, a number of committees have been established to address matters that impact on the association and its members. For example:

o   a scientific committee is responsible for monitoring and directing scientific research;  

o   a whitefish technical committee looks at whitefish products and the technical matters that pertain to the preservation, marketing and export of fish. This committee interacts with food safety authorities such as the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS), Codex and other international food safety authorities;

o   an executive committee is responsible for management matters;

o   a chairman and/or deputy chairman and executive secretary take care of the day-to-day management of the association.

 

Current office bearers are:

  • Executive secretary: Roy Bross (non elective)
  • Chairman: Suleiman Salie (Operations Director, I&J)
  • Deputy chairman: Tim Reddell (Operations Director, Viking Fishing)
  • Scientific chairman:  John Pope (general manager, Marpro Trawling)
  • Executive: Rory Williams (Finance Director, Viking Fishing); Rui Ventura (Director, Toralla Vessel Co), George  Bezuidenhout (Managing Director, Sea Harvest)
  • White fish technical committee:
    • John Cooper; Marpro
    • Johan Le Grange; Selecta
    • Jacques Stewart; Sea Harvest
    • Denvor Petersen; Atlantic Trawling  
    • Trevor Taylor; Oceana             
    • Altie Van Zyl ; Lusitania    
    • Donovan Brickles ; I&J                             
    • Terry Bennett  (Chairman)