No person shall, except on the authority of a permit—
| (a) |
engage in fishing or collecting any fish in a tidal river or lagoon; |
| (b) |
engage in fishing or collecting any fish within a distance of three nautical miles measured seaward from the high-water mark— |
| (i) |
in the area between, as southern limit, a line (145 degrees true bearing) drawn from Nahoon Point, and as northern limit, a similar tine drawn from Gonubie Point; |
| (ii) |
in the area between, as southern limit, a line (145 degrees true bearing) drawn from Christmas Rock, and as northern limit, a similar line drawn from the Gxulu River mouth; and |
| (iii) |
in the area between, as southern limit, a line (145 degrees true bearing) drawn from the mouth of the Nyara River and, as northern limit, a line (139 degrees true bearing) drawn from the mouth of the Great Kei River; |
| (c) |
use any net, netting or longline in the area within Saldanha Bay inside a straight line drawn through beacons marked N.H.1 and N.H.2, respectively, and situated on the point known as "North Head", and a beacon marked S.H.1 and situated on the point known as "South Head": Provided that the use of a net may be authorised by the Director-General in the area lying north of the northern boundary of the West Coast National Park to the southern border of the Saldanha Bay Portnet Harbour jurisdiction area as indicated on Chart SAN 1010; |
| (d) |
use any staked, set or, driftnet, or bottom trawlnet or midwater trawlnet or any purse-seine net or any purse-net or any longline or any type of rock lobster trap within False Bay, in the area north of a straight line drawn from the lighthouse at Cape Hangklip to the lighthouse at Cape Point; |
| (e) |
engage in fishing or collecting any fish inside Harderbaai at Onrus River, in the area between the high-water mark and a straight line drawn between a beacon marked O.R.1 (situated at Van der Riet Hoek) and a beacon marked O.R.2 (situated at Marine Drive Point); — |
| (f) |
engage in fishing or collecting any fish or remove any aquatic plant within — |
| (i) |
the area 500 metres seaward of the high-water mark between, as northern limit, a line (270 degrees true bearing) drawn from the boundary fence of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve at Schuster Bay, Scarborough, and, as southern limit, a line (180 degrees true bearing) drawn from the lighthouse at Cape Point; |
| (ii) |
the area 500 metres seaward of the highwater mark between, as northern limit, a line (090 degrees true bearing) drawn from Jager's Walk situated to the south of Fish Hoek Beach and, as southern limit, a similar line drawn from the northern boundary of Glencairn Beach, also known as "Elsebaai"; |
| (iii) |
the area 500 metres seaward of the high-water mark between, as northern limit, a line (O90 degrees true bearing) drawn from Neptune's Corner situated opposite the Muizenberg Station and, as southern limit, a similar line drawn from the northern wall of the tidal pool situated opposite St James Station; |
| (iv) |
the area 500 metres seaward of the high-water mark between, as northern limit, a line (090 degrees true bearing) drawn from the northern wall of the tidal pool situated opposite St James Station and, as southern limit, a similar line drawn from the northern wall of the tidal pool situated opposite Kalk Bay Station; |
| (v) |
the area 500 metres seaward of the high-water mark between, as northern limit, a line (225 degrees true bearing) from the security fence next to the Lourens River, Strand, and as southern limit, a line (320 degrees true bearing) drawn from the navigation light at the end of the eastern breakwater of the fishing harbour at Gordon's Bay; |
| (vi) |
the area (known as the Mudge Point Marine Protection Area) within a distance of 100 metres seaward of the high-water mark between, as western limit, the western limit of the Hawston harbour and, as eastern limit, the eastern limit of the Frans Senekal Nature Reserve; and |
| (vii) |
the area within a distance of 500 metres seaward of the high-water mark between, as eastern boundary, a line (180 degrees true bearing) drawn from the beacon marked H.R.1 situated at Kraal Rock in Walker Bay and, as western boundary, a similar line drawn from the beacon marked H.R.2 situated at Rietfontein, Hermanus; or |
| (g) |
engage in fishing or collecting any fish— |
| (i) |
within three nautical miles, in the area between the southern limit of a line (145 degrees true bearing) drawn from the south breakwater of Durban Harbour and northern limit line (145 degrees true bearing) drawn from the Umgeni River, and |
| (ii) |
within Durban and Richards Bay harbours including the north and south piers. |
Public Service Commission Act, 1997
