3 This Report shouldSALDANHA be cited as follows: West CoastBAY District LOCAL Municipality (201 9). Draft Coastal Management Programme: Second Generation. MUNICIPALITY This report was developed for the West Coast District Municipality by: The Point, Suite 408, 4th Floor Contact: 76 Regent Road, Sea Point Dr Ted Avis CAPE TOWN Tel: 021 045 0900 8060 Email: [email protected] www.cesnet.co.za Also in Grahamstown, Port Amy Lindsay Elizabeth, East London, Tel: 083 554 9229 Johannesburg & Maputo Email: [email protected] West Coast District Municipality: Charles Malherbe Nick de Jongh CES: Ted Avis Amy Lindsay Acknowledgements: Bergrivier Municipality Cederberg Municipality Matzikama Municipality Saldanha Bay Municipality Swartland Municipality SECOND GENERATION COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME 2019 - 2024 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................... VIII 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Defining the Coastal Zone ................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Value of the coast ............................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 Context of Coastal Management Programmes in South Africa ................................................ 5 1.5 The Purpose of the Updated Saldanha Bay Local Municipality’s Coastal Management Programme ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.6 The Saldanha Bay Local Municipality Coastal Management Programme Development Process ................................................................................................................................................................. 6 1.7 Framework of the Second Generation SBLM CMP ....................................................................... 7 2 LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 1 2.1 Legislation .............................................................................................................................................. 1 2.2 National and Provincial policies and programmes ...................................................................... 7 2.3 West Coast District Municipality policies and programmes ........................................................ 8 2.4 Local Municipality policies and programmes ................................................................................ 8 2.5 Other policies and programmes....................................................................................................... 8 3 SITUATION ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................................................... 9 3.1 Locality and extent of the coastline ................................................................................................ 9 3.2 Theme 1: Institutional Arrangements and Cooperative Governance .................................... 10 3.2.1. Coastal management functions at Provincial, District and Local Level ............................. 10 3.2.2. Co-operative governance ........................................................................................................ 11 3.2.3. Protected Areas .......................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.4. WCDM Coastal Committee ...................................................................................................... 12 3.3 Theme 2: Coastal access ................................................................................................................. 13 3.3.1. Existing access to the coastline ................................................................................................ 13 3.3.2. Western Cape Coastal Management Programme (2016) ................................................... 15 3.3.3. Coastal Access Audit for the WCDM ....................................................................................... 16 3.3.4. Coastal public amenities ........................................................................................................... 16 3.3.5. Working for the Coast projects ................................................................................................. 17 3.3.6. Public launch sites ...................................................................................................................... 19 3.3.7. Use of vehicles in the coastal zone .......................................................................................... 20 3.3.8. The use of the coastal zone for recreational activities .......................................................... 21 3.3.9. Facilitation of coastal access through town planning processes ........................................ 22 3.4 Theme 3: Coastal Planning and Development ........................................................................... 23 3.4.1. Western Cape Biodiversity Spatial Plan (2017)........................................................................ 23 3.4.2. Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve (CWCBR) ..................................................................... 24 3.4.3. Coastal Management Lines ...................................................................................................... 27 3.4.4. West Coast District Municipality’s Climate Change Response Framework (2014) ............. 29 3.5 Theme 4: Compliance, monitoring and enforcement ............................................................... 30 3.5.1. Environmental Management Inspectorate (EMI) ................................................................... 30 3.5.2. Fisheries Control Officers ............................................................................................................ 31 3.5.3. Air Quality Compliance and Enforcement in the SBLM ......................................................... 31 3.6 Theme 5: Estuary management ...................................................................................................... 32 3.7 Theme 6: Natural resource management .................................................................................... 35 3.7.1. Vegetation .................................................................................................................................. 35 3.7.3. Formal protected Areas ............................................................................................................ 35 3.7.3. Important Bird Areas ................................................................................................................... 41 3.7.3. Marine resources ........................................................................................................................ 42 3.7.4. Mineral resources ........................................................................................................................ 46 3.8 Theme 7: Heritage resource management .................................................................................. 49 3.8.2. Heritage resources ..................................................................................................................... 49 3.9 Theme 8: Pollution control and management ............................................................................. 51 3.9.1. Existing sources of pollution in the coastal zone ..................................................................... 51 3.9.2. Existing pollution monitoring and management activities .................................................... 57 3.10 Theme 9: Socio-economic development ..................................................................................... 62 3.10.1. Contribution to Provincial GDP and demographic profile .................................................. 62 3.10.2. Existing ports and harbours ...................................................................................................... 64 3.10.3. Western Cape Small Harbours: Spatial and Economic Development Frameworks ........ 64 3.10.4. Tourism assets in the SBLM ........................................................................................................ 65 3.10.5. Aquaculture activities .............................................................................................................. 67 3.10.6. Saldanha Bay Special Economic Zone (SEZ) ........................................................................ 67 3.10.7. Small Scale Fisheries Policy ...................................................................................................... 68 3.10.8. Renewable Energy opportunities ........................................................................................... 69 3.11 Theme 10: Awareness, education, training, capacity building and information ................. 71 3.11.1. National Oceans and Coastal Information Management System .................................... 71 3.11.2. South African National Biodiversity