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12. APPENDIX 3: NOTIFICATION OF PERMITS (1998) GENERAL NOTICE NOTICE 936 OF 1998 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM SEA FISHERY ACT, 1988 (ACT No. 12 OF 1988) PERMITS FOR BOAT-BASED WHALE WATCHING As it is the intention to allocate a maximum of 20 permits for boat-based whale watching, interested persons are invited to apply. The following concession areas and number of permits are proposed: BOAT-BASED WHALE WATCHING AREAS: NB: ALL POSITIONS ARE BASED ON THE NAVIGATION FORMAT WGS84 In all cases the boundaries of each area are defined, on the West Coast up to Slangkop Lighthouse by a line due west (true) through the given position, Cape Point up to Woody Cape by a line true south (true) through the given position and on the East Coast up to Cape Vidal by a line due east (true) through the given position except where indicated. For further clarification please refer to the accompanying maps. _________________________________________________________________________ AREA DESCRIPTION, LATITUDE LONGITUDE _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 1 Olifants River Mouth (Northern Boundary) to 31º42.0'S 18º11.20'E Permit Cape St. Martin (Southern Boundary) 32º42.83'S 17º55.367'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 2 North Head Lighthouse Saldanha Bay to 33º03.0'S 17º54.75'E Permit Southern Boundary Dassen Island Lighthouse 33º25.917'S 18º05.417'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 3 Robbesteen Seal Colony (Northern Area) to 33º38.66'S 18º24.133'E Permit Slangkop Lighthouse (Southern Area) 34º08.90'S 18º19.27'E Cape Point Lighthouse to 34º20.453'S 18º28.539'E Permit _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 4 Cape Point Lighthouse 34º23.199'S 18º49.662'E _________________________________________________________________________ CLOSED AREA WITHIN Inshore of a line between AREA 4: the following waypoints SAND RIVER 34º06.35'S 18º28.60'E MOUTH TO MILLERS Sand River Mouth POINT (Offshore), waypoint 2 34º07.20'S 18º29.00'E RUNNING 1 Off Glencairn Quarry, NAUTICAL waypoint 3 34º09.10'S 18º27.70'E MILE Roman Rock Lighthouse, OFFSHORE waypoint 4 34º10.86'S 18º27.65'E Off Boulders Beach waypoint 5 34º12.50'S 18º28.80'E Off Millers Point, 1 Nautical Mile, waypoint 6 34º13.90'S 18º29.80'E Millers Point (Shore), waypoint 7 34º13.90'S 18º28.55'E Die Mond to 34º20.668'S 19º00.00'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 5 West of a line between the following waypoints: New Hermanus Harbour Wall (Waypoint 1) Offshore Sopiesklip (Waypoint 2) 34º25.971'S 19º13.743'E Offshore Sopiaklip (Waypoint 3) 34º29.3'S 19º17.1'E Permit Then following a Line Due South (True) 34º34.0'S 19º09.0'E Inshore of a line between the following waypoint: CLOSED AREA (BETWEEN AREA 5 AND 6) New Hermanus Harbour Wall (Waypoint 1)Offshore Sopiaklip (Waypoint 2) 34º25.971'S 19º13.743'E Sopiesklip onshore (Waypoint 3) 34º29.3'S 19º17.1'E 34º27.199'S 19º20.119'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 6 To the East of a line between the following waypoint: Sopiesklip onshore (Waypoint 1) 34º27.199'S 19º20.199'E Permit Offshore Sopiaklip (Waypoint 2) 34º29.3'S 19º17.1'E Offshore Sopiaklip (Waypoint 3) 34º34.0'S 19º09.0'E Then following a Line Due South (True)running to the cast as far as a line running due South through Danger Point lighthouse 34º37.769'S 19º18.133'E CLOSED AREA WITHIN Inshore, to the East of a line running through AREA 6: Die Kelden to the following waypoint: Gansbaai Harbour Die Kelders (Waypoint 1) 34º33.28'S 19º21.927'E Offshore Die Kelders 1nm (Waypoint 2) 34º32.6'S 19º20 9'E Offshore New Harbour Gansbaai 1nm (Waypoint 3) 34º34.6'S 19º19.4'E New Harbour Gansbaai (Waypoint 4) 34º35.118'S 19º20.488'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 7 Danga Point Lighthouse to 34º37.769'S 19º18.133'E Permit Quoin Point Lighthouse 34º46.802'S 19º38.384'E CLOSED AREA (Between area 7 and 8) Quoin Point lighthouse to 34º46.802'S 19º38.348'E Puntjie (East bark Duiwenhoks River) 34º21.954'S 21º00.082'E _________________________________________________________________________ 93
AREA 8 Dana Bay (Pinnacle Pt.) to 34º12.534'S 22º05.486'E Permit Groot Brak River 34º03.396'S 22º14.443'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 9 Gericke Point to 34º02.248'S 22º45.842'E Permit 1nm West of Robberg Peninsula (on land) 34º06.203'S 23º21.096'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 10 1nm East of Robberg Peninsula to 34º04.992'S 23º22.343'E Nature's Valley 33º59.399'S 23º32.236'E Permit CLOSED AREA (WITHIN Area 10) The inshore area is closed, within the boundaries of following waypoints: 1nm West of Robberg Peninsula (on Land) 34º06.203'S 23º21.096'E Waypoint 1 nm West of Robberg Peninsula (offshore) 34º06.989'S 23º22.107'E Waypoint 2 1nm of Island, Robberg Peninsula (Offshore) 34º07.531'S 23º23.203'E 1nm of Robberg Peninsula (offshore) Waypoint 34º07.453'S 23º24.317'E 1nm of Robberg Peninsula (offshore) Waypoint 34º07.201'S 23º25.679'E 1nm of Robberg Peninsula (offshore) Waypoint 34º06.446'S 23º25.98 1'E 1nm of Robberg Peninsula (offshore) Waypoint 34º05.660'S 23º25.074'E 1nm of Robberg Peninsula (offshore) Waypoint 34º05.283'S 23º24.695'E 1nm of Robberg Peninsula (offshore) Waypoint 34º05.3 14'S 23º23. 864'E 1nm offshore Robberg Beach (Waypoint 10) 34º04.937'S 23º23.524'E Offshore Beacon Is (Waypoint 11) 34º03.758'S 23º24.100'E Offshore 1nm Keurbooms River (Waypoint 12) 34º02.720'S 23º24.469'E Keurbooms River (East bark) Waypoint 13 34º02.130'S 23º23.486'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 11 Cape Recife to 34º01.731'S 25º42.043'E Permit Woody Cape 33º45.935'S 26º20.016'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 12 Woody Cape to 33º45.935'S 26º20,016'E Permit Rocky Point at the Great Fish River mouth 33º29.642'S 27º08.580'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 13 Rocky Point at the Great Fish River mouth to 33º29.642'S 27º08.580'E Kei River Mouth (North Bark) 32º40.589'S 28º23.146'E Permit _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 14 Kei River Mouth (North Bark) to 32º40.589'S 28º23.146'E Rame Head (Coffee Bay Area) 31º48.249'S 29º20.968'E Permit _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 15 Rame Head (Coffee Bay Area) to 31º48.249'S 29º20.968'E South Sand Bluff Lighthouse (Port St Johns area) 31º19.652'S 29º57.660'E Permit _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 16 South Sand Bluff Lighthouse (Port St Johns area) 31º38.077'S 29º33.135'E Permit to Margate 30º51.602'S 30º22.412'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 17 Margate to 30º51.602'S 30º22.412'E Permit Green Point Lighthouse (Scottburgh) 30º14.919'S 30º46.607'E _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 18 Green Point Lighthouse (Scottburgh) to 30º14.919'S 30º46.607'E Tugela River (North Bank) 29º13.308'S 31º30.288'E Permit _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 19 Tugela River (North Bank) To Richards Bay 29º13.308'S 31º30.288'E (North Breakwater) 28º48.336'S 32º05.88'E Permit _________________________________________________________________________ AREA 20 Richards Bay (North Breakwater) to 28º48.336'S 32º05.88'E Cape Vidal Area 28º08.844'S 32º33.198'E Permit _________________________________________________________________________ To assist applicants in the furnishing of information the following factors need to be taken into account: 1. Access to suitable Department of Transport certified and fully operational motorized vessel with certification to carry passengers is a prerequisite. Applicants must have local knowledge of the sea and coastal conditions. 2. Applicants must either serve as the skipper or guide of the vessel. The guide must be adequately qualified with appropriate knowledge of whales. 3. Applicants must be willing to cooperate with the Department of <strong>Environmental</strong> Affairs and Tourism to achieve both the conservation and development objectives. 94
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BOAT-BASED WHALE WATCHING IN SOUTH
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owners, who felt that a smaller, fa
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION..
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1. INTRODUCTION The whale watching
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the main whale watching season. All
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3. WHALE WATCHING: AN INTERNATIONAL
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location. Most cetaceans spend the
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3.2 South Africa in perspective Boa
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Table 3.3 excludes countries where
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west coast up to February or March
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The designated areas also include a
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5. PERMIT-HOLDER CHARACTERISTICS, S
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The majority of permitted operators
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Two very large boats excluded, a ty
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November. This is probably due to a
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holder, with a total of just over 3
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Based on rack rates and the estimat
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5.12 What determines success Based
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impact along the Garden Route, anot
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100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20
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6.2 Western Cape The Western Cape P
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Equipment and infrastructure The fu
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around 30 to 35 passengers were per
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advertising material which offered
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