ECPTA PRESENTATION
October 2016 by V. Mapiya
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
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)
Pondoland MPA
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
•
Reserve
Clusters
1) Biodiversi
ty &
Heritage
2) Marine &
Coastal
3) Game
Managem
ent &
Recreatio
n
3. MPA PERSONNEL
Position
Current No. of
Officials
New Organogram
MPA Managers
4
4
MPA Officers
3
5
Field Rangers
4
12
MPA technician
1
1
MPA Ecologist
1
1
13
23
TOTAL
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
Road blocks
Joint Law
Enforcement
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
Career Expo
Pondoland Career Expo
Hluleka Cleanup Campaign
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
7. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS
MPA
Structure
Status
Amathole
MPA Advisory Forum
Not active
Dwesa/Cwebe
CPA
Active
Hluleka
CPA
Not active
Pondoland
MPA Advisory Forum
Not active
8. CHALLENGES
 Shortage of MPA staff is still a big challenge in all 4 MPAs
 Insufficient funding for management of MPAs especially that DwesaCwebe 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
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
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
END……..
THANK YOU!!!!