Fisheries - Enviro Dynamics Namibia

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4.3.3 Odontocetes (toothed whales and dolphins)(Appendix1a - 3) 39
4.3.4 Seals 42
5 LEGISLATION 43
5.1 THE MARINE RESOURCES ACT 27 OF 2000 43
6 IDENTIFICATION OF IMPACTS AND RISK ASSESSMENT 44
6.1 DATA AND METHODOLOGY OF IMPACT ASSESSMENT 44
6.2 ZONES USED IN THE ASSESSMENT OF FISHERIES IMPACTS 47
6.3 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES DATA 48
6.4 SURVEY DATA 48
7 IDENTIFICATION OF IMPACTS FOR ASSESSMENT 48
7.1 RATIONALE FOR IMPACT CATEGORISATION 48
7.2 IMPACT CATEGORIES 50
8 RESULTS 51
8.1 IMPACT 1: THE IMPACT OF THE MINING OPERATIONS ON COMMERCIAL FISHERIES. 51
8.2 IMPACT 2: THE IMPACT OF THE MINING OPERATIONS ON THE ECOSYSTEM (TROPHIC
INTERACTIONS) 59
8.3 IMPACT 3: THE IMPACT OF PHOSPHATE MINING ON FISH RECRUITMENT 65
8.4 IMPACT 4: THE IMPACT ON BIODIVERSITY 71
8.5 IMPACT 5: IMPACT ON SEABIRDS AND MARINE MAMMALS 73
9 ASSESSMENT OF LIKELY FISHING ACTIVITY IN THE MLA AND ZONE 1 75
9.1 RESULTS 76
9.2 CONCLUSIONS 77
10 CONCLUSIONS 79
11 RECOMMENDATIONS 82
11.1 MITIGATION 82
11.2 MONITORING 82
12 REFERENCES 83
Appendix 1a-1 Seabirds of southern Namibia 93
Appendix 1a-2. Distribution and seasonal abundance of Mysticete (baleen) whales in southern Namibian
waters 95
Appendix 1a-3. Distribution and seasonal abundance of odontocetes (toothed whales and dolphins) in
southern Namibian waters 96
Appendix 1a-4. Datasets provided by the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) for this
impact assessment. 97
Appendix 1a-5. List of species included in the biodiversity assessment 98
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