1. ECPTA PRESENTATION
October 2016 by V. Mapiya

2. PRESENTATION CONTENT ECPTA Marine Protected Areas
MPA Management Arrangements
MPA Personnel
Compliance and Enforcement
EE and Awareness
Re-zonation
Stakeholder Engagements
Monitoring & Research
Challenges
2016/17 plans

3. 1. ECPTA MPA’s Pondoland – (90km x 10 nautical miles offshore)
Hluleka – 4.5km x 6 nautical miles offshore)
Dwesa/Cwebe – (14km x 6 nautical miles offshore)
Amathole – (44km x 3 nautical miles offshore)

4. Pondoland MPA

5. 2. MPA MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS
Management of MPAs is per the annual signed confirmation letter from DEA to manage ECPTA MPAs
ECPTA has undergone organizational restructuring and MPAs are clustered in one Region – Marine & Coast to co-ordinate MPA management
Organogram revised which includes MPA personnel & was approved by the ECPTA Board of Directors – March 2016
There has been a slight MPA budget increase from DEA

6. Biodiversity & Heritage
Reserve Clusters
Biodiversity & Heritage
Marine & Coastal
Game Management & Recreation

7. Current No. of Officials
3. MPA PERSONNEL
Position
Current No. of Officials
New Organogram
MPA Managers 4
MPA Officers 3 5
Field Rangers 12
MPA technician 1
MPA Ecologist
TOTAL 13 23

8. 4. COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
Joint Law Enforcement patrols are done in collaboration with other law enforcement Institutions
Routine coastal patrols in all MPAs
Boat patrols are done – weather permits
Relations with Justice Forums and SAPS at Dwesa, Hluleka, Amathole and Pondoland is improving and this has been through MPA awareness programmes
Poaching in both inshore and offshore is happening in all MPAs
Warnings, fines and court cases have been effected

9. Road blocks

10. Joint Law Enforcement

11. 5. EE AND AWARENESS CAREER Expo
Schools Competitions & schools visits to MPAs
Marine Day Celebrations with the DEDEAT
Coastal Cleanup Campaigns
Traditional Authorities meetings (IMBIZOs)
Intergovernmental sessions – Municipalities, NGOs & government depts.,
Pondoland MPA brochure developed
Permanent appointment of Community Liaison officers

12. Career Expo

13. Pondoland Career Expo

14. Hluleka Cleanup Campaign

15. 6. RE-ZONATION & EXPANSION OF MPAs
Dwesa-Cwebe rezonation – After several meetings and engagements held with Dwesa/Cwebe communities together with other interested/affected parties, with all processes the Dwesa/Cwebe rezoning was finally gazetted
Opening for fishing started on the 1st of December 2015.
Operation Phakisa – Amathole Off-shore expansion. Public participation done with a positive spirit from the MPA users

16. 7. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS
MPA
Structure
Status
Amathole
MPA Advisory Forum
Not active
Dwesa/Cwebe
CPA
Active
Hluleka
Pondoland

17. 8. CHALLENGES
Shortage of MPA staff is still a big challenge in all 4 MPAs
Insufficient funding for management of MPAs especially that Dwesa-Cwebe will have to be monitored for the re-zoned areas for fishing
Poaching with fish trawlers still a challenge within MPAs
Sand mining around our MPAs
Dwesa-Cwebe rezonation challenged by Community legal advisers
Boat launching sites

18. 9. 2016/17 PLANS Capacity Building:
2 x Officials Attended EMI Level 2 Training - DEA
Fish ID course for Field Rangers
Sea Fishery Control Officer training,
MPA Management basic training - DEA
Marine Two-way radio training
Contingency Plans for MPAs initiated following the Oil Spill workshop by DEA
MPA management Plans to be finalized
Review of Estuarine Management plans – Mtentu and Msikaba

19. 2016/17 PLANS Cont……
Implementation of EE and Awareness plans – all MPAs
Joint Law Enforcement Operations around MPAs
Support the Operation Phakisa Initiative:
Marine Protection & Oceans Governance – Joint Law Enforcement and Amathole MPA Off-shore expansion
Coastal and Marine Tourism: Identify Projects to benefit communities from Operation Phakisa Initiative

20. END……..
THANK YOU!!!!