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Trafalgar Marine Protected Area
The Trafalgar Marine Protected Area is an inshore conservation region in the territorial waters of South Africa in kwaZulu-Natal, between Port Edward and Margate.
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, and was transferred in 2014 by presidential pronouncement to Section 22A of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act 2003, as amended, in 2014.
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".
This MPA has the specific purposes of protection of Cretaceous fossil beds, and protection of a subtidal rocky reef ecosystem with extensive seaweed beds and Natal ecoregion reef and pelagic fish. It is also intended to improve tourism facilities, and to maintain the ecological integrity of the reserve.
The MPA protects 4.8 km of shoreline and about 8 km2 of ocean.
The MPA extends from the high-water mark and a line one nautical mile seaward of the high-water mark, and between, the northern boundary, and the southern boundary.
The whole MPA is a controlled zone where fishing is allowed from the shore and from boats with a permit. Only pelagic species may be caught from boats.
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, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (EKZNW), which manages the MPA by contractual agreement with DEFF, and liaison with a stakeholder MPA Advisory forum. with funding from the SA Government through the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), which is responsible for issuing permits, quotas and law enforcement.
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Trafalgar Marine Protected Area
The Trafalgar Marine Protected Area is an inshore conservation region in the territorial waters of South Africa in kwaZulu-Natal, between Port Edward and Margate.
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, and was transferred in 2014 by presidential pronouncement to Section 22A of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act 2003, as amended, in 2014.
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".
This MPA has the specific purposes of protection of Cretaceous fossil beds, and protection of a subtidal rocky reef ecosystem with extensive seaweed beds and Natal ecoregion reef and pelagic fish. It is also intended to improve tourism facilities, and to maintain the ecological integrity of the reserve.
The MPA protects 4.8 km of shoreline and about 8 km2 of ocean.
The MPA extends from the high-water mark and a line one nautical mile seaward of the high-water mark, and between, the northern boundary, and the southern boundary.
The whole MPA is a controlled zone where fishing is allowed from the shore and from boats with a permit. Only pelagic species may be caught from boats.
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, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (EKZNW), which manages the MPA by contractual agreement with DEFF, and liaison with a stakeholder MPA Advisory forum. with funding from the SA Government through the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), which is responsible for issuing permits, quotas and law enforcement.