The Minister of Environmental Affairs has published for public comment, the Draft Marine Spatial Planning Framework in the Gazette. The Framework will facilitate the development, implementation, monitoring and revision of Marine Area plans. Through this Marine Spatial Planning system, the sustainable development of South Africa's ocean territory will be enabled.
Members of the public are requested to submit written comments within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice (i.e. on or before 19 September 2016).
