. Support the key performance indicators and targets set for Programme 3 in the Department's Strategic Plan and APP for 2013-2014; . Request further input from the Department on the progress made in finalisation of the Estuary Management Protocol. . Engage the Department further on the following matters that are also to be included in the ongoing agenda of the Portfolio Committee: The Department's ability to monitor compliance with and enforce environmental legislation in the Ocean; The Ocean Research Strategy; and Off-shore and Coastal exploration and mining; and . Schedule public hearings on the National Environmental Ocean Management Green Paper.