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MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 644 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A draft reply to Mrs S V Kalyan (DA) to the above-mentioned question is
enclosed for your consideration.
Ms Nosipho Ngcaba
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE:
DRAFT REPLY APPROVED/AMENDED
MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP
MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DATE:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 644
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 5 NW689E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 07 March 2011
Mrs S V Kalyan (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
(1) (a) What are the locations of the existing marine protected
areas (MPAs), (b) what is the size of each of the MPAs and (c)
which authority manages each of the MPAs;
(2) whether she intends to declare any new MPAs in the period
leading up to 31 December 2012; if not, why not; if so, what are
the relevant details;
(3) whether any challenges need to be met in any of the established
MPAs to ensure that they achieve their conservation objectives;
if not, how was this conclusion reached; if so, what are the
relevant details; .
(4) whether there has been a review of the effectiveness of the
management of each MPA since its establishment; if not, why not;
if so, what are the relevant details?
Mrs S V Kalyan (DA)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS
644. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
1) The following table provides details as to a) locations, b) size and
the c) the management authority for existing marine protected area
(MPA)
|MPA |PROVINCE |SIZE |MANAGEMENT AGENCY |
| | |(shoreline | |
| | |in km unless| |
| | |stated) | |
|Langebaan Lagoon|Western Cape | |SANParks |
| | |66 km | |
| | |combined | |
|Sixteen Mile |Western Cape | |SANParks |
|Beach | | | |
|Malgas, Jutten |Western Cape | |SANParks |
|Island and | | | |
|Marcus Island | | | |
|Table Mountain |Western Cape |956km² |SANParks |
|National Park | | | |
|Helderberg |Western Cape |4 |City of Cape Town |
| | | |Metro |
|Bettyâs Bay |Western Cape |3.2 |CapeNature |
|De Hoop |Western Cape |51 |CapeNature |
|Stilbaai |Western Cape |13.5km |CapeNature |
| | |and15.7km of| |
| | |estuary | |
|Goukamma |Western Cape |14 |CapeNature |
|Robberg |Western Cape |9 |CapeNature |
|Tsitsikamma |Eastern Cape |57 |SANParks |
|National Park | | | |
|Sardinia Bay |Eastern Cape |7 |Nelson Mandela Bay |
| | | |Municipality. |
|Bird Island |Eastern Cape |19 hectares |SANParks |
|Dwesa-Cwebe |Eastern Cape |14 |Eastern Cape Parks |
| | | |and |
| | | |Tourism Agency |
| | | |(ECPTA) |
|Hluleka |Eastern Cape |4 |ECPTA |
|Pondoland |Eastern Cape |90 |ECPTA |
|Trafalgar |KwaZulu-Natal |4.8 |Ezemvelo KZN |
| | | |Wildlife |
|Aliwal Shoal |KwaZulu-Natal |18.3 |Ezemvelo KZN |
| | | |Wildlife |
|St. Lucia and |KwaZulu-Natal |145 (72 and |iSimangaliso |
|Maputaland MPAs | |73 |Wetland Park |
|) | |respectively| |
| | |) | |
2) The Department has commenced a consultation process for the
declaration of the Amathole MPA (3 separate areas from south of East
London to the Kei River).
3) The zonation within MPAs and management plans need to be reviewed.
4) An assessment conducted 2003 highlighted challenges in the management
of MPAâs in South Africa, including the lack of mandates for adjacent
conservation agencies to manage the MPAs. Two subsequent assessments
on 2009 found that the co-ordination and formalization of MPA
management has improved substantially through the development of
agreements between the Department and conservation authorities for the
management of MPAs. There was also progress with regard to the
formulation of MPA management plans; however in several cases, it was
indicated that the plans needed to be updated.
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