MPA Forum 2016 25 th27 th October 2016

MPA Forum 2016 25 th-27 th October 2016

List of MPAs under management: • Helderberg Marine Protected Area MPA Forum 2015 / Helderberg Marine Protected Area 2

MPA Forum 2015 / Helderberg Marine Protected Area 3

Management successes: • Rationalisation of staff resources towards the management of the MPA: – • Four City staff managing the MPA Cleaning and removal of rubbish from the MPA: – 30 bags of refuse as well as several tyres removed (ERMD staff) – • Removal of Whale carcass Management Plan incorporated into the City’s Coastal Management Programme (ICM Act) • Permission from DEA to alocate budget for once – off capital expenditure towards cost of new patrol vessel. • City funded 4 x 4 vehicle purchased • Regular law enforcement patrols conducted throughout area (by foot and by boat) • Stakeholder engagement through SEAL (Somerset West Site Environmental Advisory Liaison Group) forum • Engagement with Film Industry re filming in MPA’s • Two adjacent Blue Flag Beaches & Blue Flag Marina • Environmental Education Programmes & Awareness MPA Forum 2015 / Helderberg Marine Protected Area 4

Key challenges/Needs: • Operational - Internal (City) budget limitations • Social - Pollution from the Lourens and Eerste Rivers - Boundaries of the MPA defined by position of river mouths – confusion (public) over where regulations become applicable - Events applications: - Film shoots (access with vehicles, fires, private property abutting MPA, national key point) • Walking Cheetahs on the beach… Economic - No revenue generating activities for the MPA - Disenfranchised people within the MPA • Environmental - Establish a biodiversity inventory of the MPA Forum 2015 / Helderberg Marine Protected Area 5

Filming in Cape Town Streamlining compliance 7800 shoots Guidelines Training & awareness 51% in WC/ daily budget of 870 000; turnover of 1. 4 billion (fmg 2016) No of shoots Industry engagement MPA Forum 2015 / Helderberg Marine Protected Area 6

Rezonation/Expansion Plans: • Currently no rezonation/expansion plans for the MPA • Coastal Economic & Spatial Development Framework being developed – Assessment of existing and proposed coastal projects city-wide – Development of a CESDF for enhancing the socio-economic and environmental potential of the City’s coast – Promote informed and strategic decision making city-wide – Inform aquaculture proposals that consider broader socio-economic and environmental issues – Medium - long term planning (currently absent from a purely coastal perspective) – In relation to the MPA: inform development and activities being proposed in the Helderberg area. MPA Forum 2015 / Helderberg Marine Protected Area 7

2016 Priorities: • Management - City Marine and Coastal Law Enforcement Unit established: engaging with SAPS, DAFF, SANParks for collaborative law enforcement operations. • • - Organise more beach cleaning events with the nearby community - Open discussions with Denel to contribute towards the management costs of the MPA. - Obtain Blue Flag Status for adjacent Beaches - Conduct environmental education programmes in region Training - City staff members to undergo MPA/coastal management related courses - Skippers license and 4 x 4 training - Together with DAFF, City will be hosting FCO training for staff. Research - Develop and implement a research and monitoring programme for the MPA and develop a partnership with a local university to run this programme. MPA Forum 2015 / Helderberg Marine Protected Area 8

Thank You Further enquiries can be directed to: Darryl. Colenbrander@capetown. gov. za