ECPTA PRESENTATION October 2016 by V. Mapiya

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

7. 3. MPA PERSONNEL

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, Amatholeand Pondolandis 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-Cweberezonation – 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

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-Cweberezonation 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!!!!