Government Gazette, 18 September 2020 No. 43726 71 No. Common Name Category / Area Scope of Exemption from the Provisions of Section 71(3) / Prohibition In Terms Of Section 71a (1)

Changes made to the Invasive Species List of 18 September, 2020

List 1: National list of Invasive Terrestrial and Fresh-water Plant Species Old name for Torch Cactus removed. New name appears on the list. • OLD: Echinopsis schickendantzii F.A.C.Weber (= E. spachiana (Lem.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley) - Torch cactus 1b • NEW: Trichocereus spachianus Riccob. (= Echinopsis spachiana) - Torch cactus 1b

List 2: National List of Invasive Marine Plant Species No changes

List 3: National List of Invasive Mammal Species SPECIES ADDED: • Bos frontalis Lambert, 1804 Gaur 2 • Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (all with the exception of giraffa). • Giraffe (except the South African giraffe) 2 • Hippotragus niger Harris, 1838 (all subspecies except of H. n. niger) Sable 2 SPECIES REMOVED: • Diceros bicornis michaeli Zukowsky, 1965 Black rhinoceros (Kenya) 2

List 4: National List of Invasive Species SPECIES ADDED: • picturata (Temminck, 1813) (Malagasy) turtle-dove 2 • Struthio camelus molybdophanes Reichenow, 1883 North African (Somali) ostrich 2 SPECIES REMOVED: • Acridotheres fuscus Wagler, 1827 Jungle mynah 2 • Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) Indian mynah 3 • Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) European goldfinch 2 • Carduelis chloris (Linnaeus, 1758) European greenfinch 2 • Carduelis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758) Common redpoll 2 • Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) Northern bobwhite quail 2 • palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 Common wood-pigeon 2 • Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton, 1838) Plumed whistling duck 1b • Foudia madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) Madagascar red fody 3 • Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, 1789) Shiny cowbird 3 • Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789) Northern ruddy duck 2 • Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Red-whiskered bulbul 2 • Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766) Saffron finch 2

List 5: National List of Invasive Reptile Species No changes

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List 6: National List of Invasive Amphibian Species No changes

List 7: National List of Invasive Fresh-water Fish Species SPECIES ADDED: • Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822) Arapaima 3 • Cichla species Peacock cichlid/Bass 3 • Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) • African sharptooth catfish - 2 in Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape b. Not listed elsewhere • Colossoma species Pacu 3 • Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766) Electric eel 3 • Lates calcarifer (Blotch, 1790) Barramundi 2 • Myleus species Brown metynnis 3 • Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792) Coho salmon 2 • Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) Rainbow Trout 2 a. All persons are exempted from requiring a permit for restricted activities “b” and “j” in Notice 1. • Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792) King salmon 2 • Oreochromis species excluding Oreochromis mossambicus and Oreochromis placidus Tilapia a. 3 b. 2 for permitted aquaculture facilities a. Catch and release of tilapia b. Hybrids of tilapia species are treated as the listed tilapia species. c. The sale and transport of live tilapia is prohibited, except from accredited hatcheries. d. The import of live tilapia is prohibited, except by hatcheries with a permit, or from international hatcheries accredited by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. • Pygocentrus species Piranha 3 • Rooseveltiella species Piranha 3 • Schilbe species (except those that are indigenous to South Africa Schilbid catfish 3 • Serrasalmus species Piranha 3 • Salmo trutta (Linneaus, 1758) Brown Trout 2 a. All persons are exempted from requiring a permit for restricted activities “b” and “j” in Notice 1.

List 8: National List of Terrestrial Invasive Invertebrate Species SPECIES ADDED: Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 Giant African snail 3

List 9: National List of Invasive Fresh-water Invertebrate Species SPECIES ADDED: Orconectes limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) North American spiny cheek crayfish 1a Orconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852) Rusty crayfish 1a Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) North American signal crayfish 1a

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