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On 20 September 2021, the Deputy Director-General of the Fisheries Management Branch met with the EXCO of FISHSA and confirmed a vague revised timetable and commitment that fishing rights would be allocated by 31 December 2021.  From the FISHSA Minutes of that meeting it would appear that the DDG was intentionally vague and ambiguous and certainly unconvincing that a lawful and legitimate rights allocation is attainable.  So for the umpteenth time, the question that kept being put to me via WhatsApp, email and telephone calls was "CAN FISHING RIGHTS BE ALLOCATED BY 31 DECEMBER 2021?". My clear and unambiguous answer has been and remains, NO. NO. NO. NOT POSSIBLE.  We have already set out on TWITTER (@feikemanagement) why this "new" timetable is not only impractical but also unlawful but lets be unambiguously clear about why fishing rights CAN NOT BE ALLOCATED before 31 December. 1. SEIAS are irrational, unlawful and do not contain any social and economic analytical ...