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MPAs
Marine Protected
Areas
MPAs
Marine Protected
Areas

MPA DAY - 1st August

MPAs OF THE E. CAPE

WHAT ARE MPAs?

MPAs FOR PEOPLE

BENEFITS OF MPAs POSTER

MPAs OF THE W & N CAPE

MPAs - NATURAL HERITAGE

MPA PRESSURES

MPAs OF KZN

NEW MARINE PROTECTED AREA MAPS FOR ANGLERS

MPAs - FOOD SOURCE

MARINE PROTECTED AREA FACT SHEET

New MPAs – Government Gazettes

On the 23 May 2019 20 new or extended marine protected areas (MPAs) were declared in South Africa’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). This brings the level of spatial protection up to 5% of our EEZ.

Addo Elephant National Park | Agulhas Bank | Agulhas Front | Agulhas Muds | Aliwal Shoal | Amathole | Benguela Muds | Browns Bank | Cape Canyon | Childs Bank | iSimangaliso | Namaqua Fossil Forest | Namaqua National Park | Orange Shelf Edge | PE Corals | Protea Banks | Robben Island | Southeast Atlantic Seamounts | Southwest Indian Seamount | uThukela

New MPAs – Government Gazettes

On the 23 May 2019 20 new or extended marine protected areas (MPAs) were declared in South Africa’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). This brings the level of spatial protection up to 5% of our EEZ.

Addo Elephant National Park | Agulhas Bank | Agulhas Front | Agulhas Muds | Aliwal Shoal | Amathole | Benguela Muds | Browns Bank | Cape Canyon | Childs Bank | iSimangaliso | Namaqua Fossil Forest | Namaqua National Park | Orange Shelf Edge | PE Corals | Protea Banks | Robben Island | Southeast Atlantic Seamounts | Southwest Indian Seamount | uThukela

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