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Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCC)
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last updated: 25 Aug 2026
General Information
ABSCH-IRCC-ZA-300787-1
- Competent National Authority: | ABSCH-CNA-ZA-203907-3
Competent National Authority:
National Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment ()
473 Steve Biko Road
Pretoria, Gauteng Province
0083,
Phone: +27 12 399 9611/8917/9612/9590,
Fax: +27 12 359 3636,
Details of the permit or its equivalent
SOUTH AFRICA/MLRA/NEMA/NEMBA/SBSPA/PPSA/NEMPAA/NEMICMA/RES2026-58
01 Mar 2026
28 Feb 2027
Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Information
Yes
- Organization: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) | ABSCH-CON-ZA-260333-2
Organization:
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
Government agency (National/Federal)
5th Floor Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way
Cape Town, Western Cape
8001,
Phone: +27 21 402 3546,
Fax: +27 21 402 3639,
Confidential information
Confidential information
This permit allows collection, possession and transportation of marine organisms [Diamond stingray (Gymnura natalensis), Blue stingray (Dasyatis chrysonota)]  as outlined on DFFE permit  RES2026/58 for the purpose of bona fide research subjected to the provisions and regulations of the following laws:
a) The Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)
b) The National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)
c) The National Environment Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)
d) The National Environment Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)
e) The Sea Birds and Seals Protection Act, 1973 (Act No. 46 of 1973)
f) The Prevention of Pollution from Ships Act, 1986 (Act No. 2 of 1986)
g) The National Environment Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008)
h) Any other relevant law
Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT) Information
Yes
This permit allows collection, possession and transportation of marine organisms [Diamond stingray (Gymnura natalensis), Blue stingray (Dasyatis chrysonota)]  as outlined on DFFE permit  RES2026/58 for the purpose of research. Standard  permit conditions and species outlined in The Permit issued by Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment under reference number Res2026/58
Subject-matter or genetic resource(s)
This permit is intended to facilitate bona fide research and should not be used for the purposes of financial gain by the permit holder. Exact species covered by the collection permit outline in permit number Res2026/58.
Confidential information
Information on the utilization of the genetic resource(s)
  • Non-Commercial
  1. Scientific investigation or practical experiment which includes the collection, possession and transportation of marine species; Diamond stingray (Gymnura natalensis) and Blue stingray (Dasyatis chrysonota). 
  2. The summary of the research findings and outcomes including the dates, locations, species and quantities collected should be submitted to the Issuing Authority.
  3. No specimens should be used in any other bioprospecting context.
  4. The permit excludes collection and transportation of any abalone species.
Species collected in terms of this permit shall not be sold or offered for sale.
Additional Information
The specimens will be send to the below Institution in the Hong Kong for bona fide research:

1/F
16 Dai Fu Street 
Tai Po Industrial Estate 
Tai Po, N.T 
Hong Kong SAR
China
Amendment history
Unique identifier Status Date
ABSCH-IRCC-ZA-300787-1
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Ntambudzeni Nepfumembe (nnepfumembe@dffe.gov.za)
25 Aug 2026 07:40
on 25 Aug 2026 07:40