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Malgas Island Marine Protected Area
The Malgas Island Marine Protected Area is an inshore conservation region encompassing Malgas Island, in the territorial waters of South Africa at the entrance to Saldanha Bay on the west coast of the Western Cape province.
The area was originally declared in 1985. The MPA was proclaimed by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Mohammed Valli Moosa, in Government Gazette No. 21948 of 29 December 2000 in terms section 43 of the Marine Living Resources Act, 18 of 1998.
A marine protected area is defined by the IUCN as "A clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values".
The area of the MPA is 0.66 km2
The MPA is the area below the high-water within the boundaries:
The marine protected areas of South Africa are the responsibility of the national government, which has management agreements with a variety of MPA management authorities, in this case, SANParks, which manages the MPA with funding from the SA Government through the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). This MPA is managed as part of the West Coast National Park
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is responsible for issuing permits, quotas and law enforcement.
The climate of the Southwestern Cape is markedly different from the rest of South Africa, which is a summer rainfall region, receiving most of its rainfall during the summer months of December to February. The Southwestern Cape has a Mediterranean type climate, with most of its rainfall during the winter months from June to September.
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Malgas Island Marine Protected Area
The Malgas Island Marine Protected Area is an inshore conservation region encompassing Malgas Island, in the territorial waters of South Africa at the entrance to Saldanha Bay on the west coast of the Western Cape province.
The area was originally declared in 1985. The MPA was proclaimed by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Mohammed Valli Moosa, in Government Gazette No. 21948 of 29 December 2000 in terms section 43 of the Marine Living Resources Act, 18 of 1998.
A marine protected area is defined by the IUCN as "A clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values".
The area of the MPA is 0.66 km2
The MPA is the area below the high-water within the boundaries:
The marine protected areas of South Africa are the responsibility of the national government, which has management agreements with a variety of MPA management authorities, in this case, SANParks, which manages the MPA with funding from the SA Government through the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). This MPA is managed as part of the West Coast National Park
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is responsible for issuing permits, quotas and law enforcement.
The climate of the Southwestern Cape is markedly different from the rest of South Africa, which is a summer rainfall region, receiving most of its rainfall during the summer months of December to February. The Southwestern Cape has a Mediterranean type climate, with most of its rainfall during the winter months from June to September.