(a) Yes the Fisheries Branch does have a tip-off line and the annual budget for tip-off line is R 32 224.68.
(b) The tip-off line is located at Hermanus Compliance Field Station also known as the Hermanus Operations Room.
(c) The office (Operations Room) operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
(d) The staff compliment is four (4) officials.
(d) Forty six (46) cases have been registered as a result of the tip-off line and fourteen (14) were successfully prosecuted with thirty two (32) cases still pending.