guidelinesfortheestablishmentofan offshore marine（guidelinesfortheestablishmentofan近海海洋）（32页）.docVIP

Guidelines for the establishment of an Offshore Marine Protected Area Network for South Africa Kerry Sink 1,3 and Colin Attwood 6 October 2007 A draft of this document was used as a background document at a stakeholder workshop in June 2007. The following individuals provided feedback on the draft version of the guidelines, and the objectives and approach were finalized at the stakeholder workshop. It should be noted that this final version does not reflect the views of all contributors on all aspects: Deon Nel3, Mandy Lombard4, Dave Japp5, George Branch6, Lindiwe Mthunzi7, Lebeau Labuschagne8, Robin Leslie2, Larry Hutchings2, Toufiek Samaai2, Theressa Frans2, Craig Smith2, Lara Atkinson6, Kristal Maze1, Amanda Driver1, Samantha Pietersen3, Neil Fraser9,10, Lesley Roos10, Roy Bross11, Andrew Kaye12, Wally Croombe13, Karen Humby14, Jeremy Hare15, Nick de Kock15, Marek Ranoszek16, Jessica Courtereille17 and Doug Butterworth6. 1 South African National Biodiversity Institute 2 Department of Environmental Affairs Tourism, Marine Coastal Management 3 WWF, South Africa, Marine Program 4 Conservation Systems 5 Capfish 6 University of Cape Town 7 Petroleum Association South Africa 8 Department of Minerals and Energy 9 Marine Diamond Miners Association 10 De Beers Marine 11 South African Deep Sea Trawl Industry Association 12 South African Hake Long Lining Association 13 National Linefish Association, West Coast Peninsular Commercial Skiboat Association 14 South African Squid Management Industry Association 15 South African Fresh Tuna Exporters Association 16 Offshore Petroleum Association of South Africa 17 PetroSA Executive summary The Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Project aims to facilitate the development of a representative offshore MPA network that has broad support from the various offshore marine use sectors and is based on the best available scientific information, for the conservation of South Africa’s offshore biodiversity and the wise use o