Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)

Regulations

Regulations for the Protection of Wild Abalone (Haliotis)

Annexures

Annexure 1
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LISTED AREAS

 

1. Bird Island Offshore Restricted Zone determined in Annexure 1 to the Regulations for the Management of the Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area published in Government Notice No. R. 777 in Government Gazette No. 42479 of 23 May 2019.

 

2. The west bank of the Ratel River (-34.771257 S; 19.746449 E), extending 1km seaward from the high-water mark to the Southern Tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas (-34.833135 S; 19.999960 E). At both the Ratel River and the Southern Tip of Africa, the seaward direction must be taken as southward.

 

3. Dyer Island extending 1 nautical mile from the high watermark.

 

4. Venus Pool (-34.295733 S; 18.466912 E) to Cape Point and from Cape Point to Olifantsbospunt (-34.271667 S; 18.380367 E), extending 2 nautical miles seaward from the high-water mark, but excluding Bellows Rock (-34.389167 S; 18.490667 E); and the area within 300m radius from it. At Venus Pool and Olifantsbospunt, the seaward direction must be taken as eastwards and westwards respectively.

 

5.Gansbaai Harbour's West Breakwater (-34.585333 S; 19.340833 E), extending 2 nautical miles seaward from the high-water mark, to the west bank of the Ratel River (-34.771257 S; 19.746449 E). At Gansbaai Breakwater, the seaward direction must be taken as westward, at the Ratel River southward.

 

6. Robben Island, extending 1 nautical mile from the high watermark.

 

 

Name

 

Label

 

Latitude

 

Longitude

Paragraph

reference

Gansbaai Harbour (west breakwater)

 

A

-34.585333

19.340833

5

Ratel River (west bank)

 

B

-34.771257

19.746449

2 and 5

Southern Tip of Africa (Cape Agulhas)

 

C

-34.833135

19.999960

2

Venus Pool

 

D

-34.295733

19.466912

4

Olifantsbospunt

 

E

-34.271667

19.3800367

4

Bellows Rock

 

F

-34.389167

19.490667

4

 

R62 Map Dive Ban Areas (1)

 

R62 Map Dive Ban Areas (2)

 

[Annexure 1 substituted by section 5 of Notice No. R. 6795, GG53629, dated 7 November 2025]