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The designated areas also include a series of closed areas which correspond to recognised whale
sanctuaries and other inshore areas in which operators may not enter for the purpose of tourist trips.
Linked to these designated areas are a total of 26 permits. Each area officially corresponds to one
permit, with the exception of Plettenberg Bay area in which two permits were allocated. Another
unusual example exists in the case of the Overberg Subareas (Areas 7, 8 & 9), where a third “roving
area” (Area 9) is recognised in addition to 2 normal areas (Area 7 & 8). This third permitted area
requires the operator to alternate between two areas on a weekly basis during the whale season.
These areas will hereafter be referred to by the numbers they are allocated in Figure 4.1, e.g.
Lambert’s Bay Area will be Area 1.
The majority of designated areas occur in the Western Cape (14), with KwaZulu-Natal and the
Eastern Cape each having five areas plus one shared area (Area 20), hereafter discussed as part of
KwaZulu-Natal (Table 4.2). The only designated areas with multiple permits allocated to them occur
in the Western Cape, namely Area 14. It should be noted that another area, Area 6, also in the
Western Cape, has been allocated 2 permits subsequent to the gazette notice as a result of an error
in processing applications.
Table 4.2. Table showing list of designated areas and the Area number to which they will be referred in
the text. The maximum number of permits available in each areas as well as the number of those
permits that have been allocated to permit holders are also shown.
BBWW Area Name Maximum permits Permits allocated
Western Cape
1 Lambert's Bay Area 1
2 St Helena Bay Area 1
3 Saldanha Bay Area 1 1
4 Cape Town Area 1 1
5 Simonstown Area 1 1
6 1 Gordon's Bay Area 2 2
7 Overbergstrand Subarea 1 1 1
8 Overbergstrand Subarea 2 1 1
9 2 Overbergstrand Roving Area 3 1 1
10 Kleinbaai Area 1 1
11 Struisbaai/ Arniston Area 1 1
12 Mosselbay Area 1 1
13 Knysna Area 1 1
14 Plettenberg Bay Area 2 2
Eastern Cape
15 Port Elizabeth Area 1 1
16 Woody Cape to Rocky Point Area 1
17 East London Area 1
18 Transkei Area 1
19 Port St Johns Area 1 1
KwaZulu-Natal
20 South Sand Bluff to Margate Area 1
21 Margate to Scottsburgh Area 1 1
22 Durban Area 1
23 Tugela River to Richards Bay Area 1
24 St Lucia to Cape Vidal Area 1 1
25 Sodwana Bay Area 1
1
this area was issued with 2 permits in 2004 due to an error in processing applications.
2
this area is a “virtual” area and involves using Areas 7 and 8 on alternate weeks during the season.
15