Good day SL’s,
PSY posted a discussion wrt the TSITSIKAMA MPA , under CONSERVATION - MARINE, COASTAL & RIVERINE (Conservation, Education, Ecology & Biology general discussion.)
I added comment towards the end wrt more MPA to be confirmed which was gazetted in a Draft Regulation ;
https://www.environment.gov.za/sites/default/files/gazetted_notices/nempaa57of2003_draftregulations_newproposedmarineprotectedarea1_gg39646.pdf
It is one long document which need close study , to understand the “do’s & donts †intentions etc , perfectly & by the sounds of things it has "good" intentions , but my take is its targeting some wrongly identified areas........
See link
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=101338&forum_id=8 Page 1 & 2
RESPONSE BY CRAM
“The draft legislation (Regulation Gazette No. 10553) will have a huge impact on all deep sea recreational anglers as well as other forms of angling facets, those businesses associated with these sports, like boat building, tackle shops etc. will also be severely impacted.
Take the section included for KZN under "Isimangaliso", all restricted zones indicate that fishing in these areas is prohibited, that means any fishing further than the controlled Pelagic zone (3NM distance) will be prohibited.
As much as I'm for MPA's and controlled zones, these regulations don’t provide for the recreational deep sea angler or other deep-sea angling facets at all, there is no distinction between recreational or commercial fisherman, the definitions relate to all "fishing" in the 3 part legislation.
If this legislation is ratified the consequences for the recreational fisherman will be dire.
Ben, I think the panic will soon set in, I believe there was a meeting between various parties in Sodwana earlier this week with Isimangaliso, and then today’s meeting in St Lucia, it would be good to get some report back from those meetings.
Maybe this New Legislation issue should be in another thread instead of the Tstsikama Stretch MPA thread, more people will notice it then.
I'm sure most of the businesses involved with the angling industry are oblivious on how this will affect their businesses.â€
Is there anyone out there who has seen/read these Draft regulations & or could give us more insight & or feedback from some of the intended meetings ?
It concerns the whole fishing fraternity......or do we not need to be concerned.
PSY posted a discussion wrt the TSITSIKAMA MPA , under CONSERVATION - MARINE, COASTAL & RIVERINE (Conservation, Education, Ecology & Biology general discussion.)
I added comment towards the end wrt more MPA to be confirmed which was gazetted in a Draft Regulation ;
https://www.environment.gov.za/sites/default/files/gazetted_notices/nempaa57of2003_draftregulations_newproposedmarineprotectedarea1_gg39646.pdf
It is one long document which need close study , to understand the “do’s & donts †intentions etc , perfectly & by the sounds of things it has "good" intentions , but my take is its targeting some wrongly identified areas........
See link
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=101338&forum_id=8 Page 1 & 2
RESPONSE BY CRAM
“The draft legislation (Regulation Gazette No. 10553) will have a huge impact on all deep sea recreational anglers as well as other forms of angling facets, those businesses associated with these sports, like boat building, tackle shops etc. will also be severely impacted.
Take the section included for KZN under "Isimangaliso", all restricted zones indicate that fishing in these areas is prohibited, that means any fishing further than the controlled Pelagic zone (3NM distance) will be prohibited.
As much as I'm for MPA's and controlled zones, these regulations don’t provide for the recreational deep sea angler or other deep-sea angling facets at all, there is no distinction between recreational or commercial fisherman, the definitions relate to all "fishing" in the 3 part legislation.
If this legislation is ratified the consequences for the recreational fisherman will be dire.
Ben, I think the panic will soon set in, I believe there was a meeting between various parties in Sodwana earlier this week with Isimangaliso, and then today’s meeting in St Lucia, it would be good to get some report back from those meetings.
Maybe this New Legislation issue should be in another thread instead of the Tstsikama Stretch MPA thread, more people will notice it then.
I'm sure most of the businesses involved with the angling industry are oblivious on how this will affect their businesses.â€
Is there anyone out there who has seen/read these Draft regulations & or could give us more insight & or feedback from some of the intended meetings ?
It concerns the whole fishing fraternity......or do we not need to be concerned.