northern cape province marineand coast chapter（北开普省marineand海岸章）（31页）.docVIP

Northern Cape State of the Environment Report 2004 Marine and Coast Specialist Report  Northern Cape State of the Environment Report 2004 Marine and Coast Specialist Report Final Version January 2005 Prepared for: Department of Tourism, Environment Conservation Private Bag X6102 Kimberley 8300 Project Manager: Abe Abrahams Prepared by: Vasna Ramasar CSIR Environmentek P O Box 17001 Congella 4013 This report forms part of a series of specialist reports produced for the 2004 Northern Cape State of the Environment Report. Cover Picture courtesy of the Northern Cape Tourism Authority. The production of this report was made possible with a generous donation from the National Department of Environmental Affairs Tourism through the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). Table of Contents 1 Background 2 2 Introduction to Marine and Coast 3 3 Marine and Coastal Issues in the Northern Cape 3 3.1 Access to marine and coastal resources 3 3.2 Resource use 4 3.3 Resource value 6 3.4 Resource management 6 4 Marine and Coast in the Northern Cape 7 4.1 Accessibility of marine and coastal resources for sustainable use 7 4.2 Allocations and catches per fishery sector 9 4.3 Distribution and abundance of resource species 13 4.4 Value of marine and coastal resources 14 4.5 Management of marine and coastal resources 16 5 Responses 18 5.1 International responses 18 5.1.1 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 18 5.1.2 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 18 5.1.3 Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal 19 5.1.4 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 19 5.1.5 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory F