SADSTIA committee

Terence Brown is operations director at Sea Harvest. He is responsible for the smooth running of the company’s land-based operations, including its expansive processing facilities in Saldanha. Terence has over 18 years of experience in the local and international fishing industry. He is a mechanical engineer by training, having graduated from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He was first elected chairman of SADSTIA in June 2017.

Innocent Nkosi Dwayi is group employee relations manager & human resources manager at Irvin & Johnson Limited. He holds a Masters degree in Business Leadership from the University of Cape Town and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Law, specialising in Labour Law, at the same university. He also holds a Bachelor degree in Human Resources Management from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town.

Madoda’s area of responsibility includes fishing rights, transformation, sustainability and communications. He is a marine biologist by training, having completed a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Ocean Atmospheric Science and Environmental Management at the University of Cape Town in 2009, and a Master of Science degree at the same university in 2012.

Arthur Shipalana is an entrepreneur with a wide range of business interests. As a director of and shareholder in ZWM Fishing, Visko See Produkte and Basani Fishing, he holds interests in the deep-sea trawl, small pelagic and squid fisheries. Arthur holds a Bachelor of Administration degree from the University of the North.

Trevor joined the fishing industry in 1986, initially working in the field of logistics management. Today he plays a key role in the management of Sea Harvest’s Viking Fishing Division. He also serves as chair of the South African Long Line Tuna Association; skills cluster champion of the SAMSA National Fishing Forum; and member of the Transport Education and Training Authority’s Management Committee for the Maritime Chamber.

Don Lucas is chief executive of Combined Fishing Enterprises, a company he and his brother Basil – a former skipper in a number of fishery sectors – started in 1994, shortly after Don returned to South Africa from Ireland where he completed a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Treasury at the University of Limerick. In addition to Combined Fishing Enterprises, Don manages Tuna SA, a company that works with Japanese boat owners to target tuna inside South African waters and on the high seas. He serves on the executive committees of SADSTIA, the South African Hake Longline Association and the South African Tuna Association.

Johann worked as a marine scientist for more than 20 years before being appointed as a fisheries manager, originally in the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and later the Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (DAFF). He was appointed secretary of SADSTIA in 2014.