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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): REGULATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DWESA-CWEBE MARINE PROTECTED AREA

Posted 15 December 2015

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of sections 48A(2), 86(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the NEM:PAA, published the Regulations for the Management of the Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area, as further set out in the schedule to this notice.

The regulations come into effect on 1 December 2015 and, inter alia, provide for the protection and management of abalone species and sets out restricted and controlled zones within the marine protected area.