1. PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS OCEAN ECONOMY:
OCEAN ECONOMY:

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1) Introduction: Ocean Economy
2) Introduction: Ocean Economy Focus Areas
3) Ocean Economy
4) Ocean Economy Focus Area Progress

3. WHAT IS OCEAN ECONOMY Policy development in 2014
Assessment of contribution to - GDP
Detailed planning - all stakeholders

4. OCEAN ECONOMY MANAGEMENT
Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Monitoring & evaluation of implementation
Department of Environmental Affairs Coordination and reporting

5. OCEAN ECONOMY FOOTPRINT

6. OCEAN ECONOMY Oceans Economy launched 2014. Key achievements to date:
Investments amounting to approx. R17 billion.
About jobs have been created.
 Economist appointed to verify.

7. OCEAN ECONOMY INITIATIVES

8. Marine Transport and Manufacturing

9. INITIATIVES Key examples recommended for MTM
Infrastructure and operations
Establish purpose-built oil and gas port infrastructure by appointing facility operators – Saldanha Bay
Prioritise Transnet and TNPA funding allocation towards marine manufacturing
Skills and capacity building
Create dedicated OTs for the MTM sector (professional, trades, operators and seafarers)
Train 18,172 learners as artisans, semi-skilled workers and professionals over the next 5 years
Market Growth
Create and implement a public procurement and localisation programme
Develop a strategic marketing  
Propose inclusion of a preferential procurement clause in the African Maritime Charter.

10. INITIATIVES Key examples recommended for MTM
Maintain and refurbish existing facilities
Increase usage of ESSA system and targeted career awareness services as a high-value recruitment tool for MTM
Increase capacity to develop skills for ~1,200 ratings and ~720 officers per year
Support local registry of vessels

11. SOUTH AFRICA HAS EIGHT MAJOR COMMERCIAL PORTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH

12. MTM ACHIEVEMENTS Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA)
Investment opportunities of R7 billion for new and existing port infrastructure.
TNPA called for proposal for Offshore Supply Base at the Port of Saldanha:
New Berth 205 and the Extension of the Quay at Mossgas – Port of Saldahna Bay

13. MTM ACHIEVEMENTS
Floating Dock for ship repair capacity at the Port of Richards Bay (Initiative 7)
Boat building facility at the Port of East London (Initiative 8)
Liquid Bulk Terminal at Island View and Port of Durban.
TNPA for the Durban cruise Terminal and Cape Town terminal

14. MARINE TRANSPORT AND MANUFACTURING ACHIEVEMENTS
New 90 ton boat hoist

15. MARINE TRANSPORT AND MANUFACTURING HIGHLIGHTS
South Africa Shipyards in the
Port of Durban building 7 tugboats.
2 new vessels, the Aogatowa and the Aukwatowa built in the Port of Cape Town.

17. INITIATIVES Key initiatives have been identified for offshore oil and gas exploration  

18. OFFSHORE OIL & GAS - POTENTIAL
Source:

19. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION ACHIEVEMENTS
The DEA, DoE and DPE have entered into a co-funding agreement to fund the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the phased gas pipeline network. The DMR issued fifteen (15) licenses for exploration. The construction of the Burgan Fuel Storage Facility in the Port of Cape Town progressing to 220 construction jobs. Joint industry-government emergency response team established. The International Oil Pollution Compensation (IOPC) Fund paid by the Department of Transport

21. KEY EXAMPLES RECOMMENDED FOR AQUACULTURE
Phase1: Implementation of initiatives in 6 to 12 months Quick wins
Phase 2: Implementation of initiatives in 12 to 24 months
Phase 3: Implementation of initiatives in 2 to 4 years
Establishment of an Inter-Departmental Authorisations Committee
Implementation of 6 ready-to-operate projects and selection of additional projects
Implementation of 12 ready-to-operate projects and selection of additional projects
Establishment of an Aquaculture Development Fund
Legislative reform to promote Aquaculture development
Capacity building for entire sector
Establishment of a globally recognised monitoring and certification system
Preferential Procurement of Aquaculture products

22. AQUACULTURE KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Aquaculture focus area exceeded expectations - thirty two (32) aquaculture projects initiated:
Ten projects in production phase (R338 million
Government investment of R106 million realised and committed jobs.
The projected increase in production related to investment is 2901 tons – a 175 tons.

23. AQUACULTURE PROJECTS ACHIEVEMENTS
The Aquaculture Bill is currently under review by the state law advisors. The Aquaculture Interdepartmental Authorisations Committee operational

25. INITIATIVES 10 key initiatives have been proposed to achieve these targets

28. MPG OCEAN GOVERNANCE OCEAN PROTECTION: ACHIEVEMENTS
Marine Saptial Planning
Draft Marine Spatial Bill gazetted public comments in March 2016
Comments were collated and the Bill was revised
Marine Spatial Planning Framework was gazetted for public comments in August 2016.
Comments collated and studied
Alignment of the MSP Bill and Framework

33. SMALL HARBOURS DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Small Harbour Lab to commence in 2016: renewal of the existing twelve proclaimed fishing harbours;
The development of three non- proclaimed priority harbours.
Thirteen projects have been identified.
Enormous potential for enhanced integrated local economic development.

34. IN CONCLUSION
1. MTM Significant progress has been made both with new and existing project 2. OIL AND GAS Progress has been made in environment related initiatives 3. ACQUACULTURE 4. MPG Significance progress has been made with most initiatives