Fisheries: Facts and Trends - WWF South Africa
Fisheries: Facts and Trends - WWF South Africa
Fisheries: Facts and Trends - WWF South Africa
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Good practiceMarine Protected Areas (MPAs) in <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong>In the fisheries management context, a thriving MPA must provide anenvironment free from exploitation to protect a part of spawning fish stocks toensure recruitment success. <strong>Fisheries</strong> yields are boosted in adjacent areas viaa spill over effect of adult fish, larvae <strong>and</strong> eggs. In <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> the benefits ofwell-planned MPAs have been proven successful with linefish species such as redroman. For <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong>n MPAs to be successful they must have the followingcharacteristics:• Be large enough;• Represent all habitats;• Have adequate law enforcement to control poaching;• Meet the community’s financial income, education <strong>and</strong> recreational rights.Adapted from Branch 1998.inTereSTinG MpA FACTS11%oF THe SouTH AFriCAnCoAST ConSiSTS oFno-TAke MpAS20%oF THe SouTH AFriCAnCoAST iS Covered ByMpAS© <strong>WWF</strong>-SA/JohN DUNcAN0.4%oF THe SouTH AFriCAneeZ iS proTeCTed ByMpAS<strong>Fisheries</strong>: <strong>Facts</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Trends</strong> | <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> | page 19
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