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MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 2839 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A draft reply to Ms M R Shinn (DA) to the above-mentioned question is
enclosed for your consideration.
Ms Nosipho Ngcaba
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE:
DRAFT REPLY APPROVED/AMENDED
MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP
MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DATE:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 2839
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 30 NW3305E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23 September 2011
Ms M R Shinn (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
Whether the intention of the former Minister of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism to declare the area around the Prince Edward Island a Marine
Protected Area (MPA) (details furnished) has been abandoned; if not, (a)
why was the Prince Edward Island not included in the list provided in her
reply to question 644 on 25 March 2011 and (b) what are the details with
regard to (i) submissions received from (aa) the public and (bb)
government entities in response to the proposal and (ii) work being done
towards declaring the area in question around the island an MPA?
Ms M R Shinn (DA)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS
2839. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
No, the intention to declare the area around the Prince Edward Island
a MPA has not been abandoned.
a) The Prince Edward Island Marine Protected Area (MPA) was not included
in the list provided by the Minister in reply to Question 644 on 25
March 2011, because that list contained only the names of MPAs that
had already been declared.
b) (i) (aa) The submissions received from the public were largely in
favour of the Prince Edward Island to be declared as a Marine
Protected area. Submissions included support from international
NGOs such as the WWF and the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Only two objections were received,
one of which was from a company with fishing interests in the
region. The other objection was from an academic involved in
Fisheries Sciences.
(bb) South African Government entities were fully consulted during
the development of the proposal and were in support thereof.
(ii). The proposal to declare the Prince Edward Island as a Marine
Protected area has now been amended to accommodate some of the
concerns raised in the two objections, and will be taken forward
during the next six months.
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