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 This is an update on litigation currently before our courts concerning FRAP 2021: 1. Squid Readers may recall that last year, SASMIA obtained an order against the Minister of Fisheries which required the Minister to redo her squid appeals. Essentially, the court held that the Minister's decisions to allocate rights to additional applicants during the appeals process without first consulting the successful applicants and right holders in the fishery constituted a violation of section 80(3) of the MLRA. Section 80(3) requires the Minister to consult with every party who has an interest in the matter before making decisions that would affect the rights and interests of existing right holders.  The Minister has until the end of April 2024 to remedy her unlawful appeal decisions and issue fresh appeal decisions .  2. Hake Deep-sea Trawl Learning from past mistakes is clearly not for our esteemed Minister and her legal advisers! ZWM Fishing has taken the Fisheries Minister to ...