1. ECPTA PRESENTATION
October 2016 by V. Mapiya

2. Achievements 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)

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

4. Current No. of Officials
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

5. COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
Joint Law Enforcement patrols are done in collaboration with other law enforcement Institutions
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
Warnings, fines and court cases have been effected

6. Road blocks

7. Joint Law Enforcement

8. EE AND AWARENESS
CAREER Expo
Schools Competitions & schools visits to MPAs
Marine Day Celebrations with the DEDEAT
Coastal Cleanup Campaigns
Pondoland MPA brochure developed
Permanent appointment of Community Liaison officers

9. Career Expo

10. Pondoland Career Expo

11. Hluleka Cleanup Campaign

12. 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

13. 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

14. PROGRESS ON ISSUES
Dwesa Issue going to court
Difficulties to engage DMR
Shortage of staff addressed through New organogram BUT still needs funding

15. END……..
THANK YOU!!!!