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National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)

Notices

Alien and Invasive Species Lists, 2020

Notice 3 : National List of Invasive Species in terms of section 70(1)(a)

List 10: National List of Invasive Marine Invertebrate Species

 

NO

SPECIES

COMMON NAME

CATEGORY/AREA

SCOPE OF EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 71(3) / PROHIBITION IN TERMS OF SECTION 71A(1)

1.

Balanus glandula (Darwin

1854)

Pacific barnacle

3


2.

Boccardia proboscidea

Hartman, 1940

Shell worm

1b


3.

Carcinus maenas

(Linnaeus, 1758)

European shore crab/

Green crab

1b


4.

Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus,

1767)

Sea vase, Ascidian

3


5.

Crassostrea gigas

(Thunberg, 1793)

Japanese oyster, Pacific

oyster

2

a. Aquaculture facilities within the following areas are exempted from requiring a Permit for all restricted activities except for restricted activity “a” in Notice 1; provided they have a valid Permit from the Department responsible for Fisheries:
i. Algoa Bay: landwards of a straight boundary line with endpoints at the GPS coordinates 33o51’24.82’’S 25o38’11.01’’E and 33o59’20.68’’S 25o40’26.31’’E.
ii. Upstream of the mouth of the Keisikamma River at the the GPS coordinates 33o16’54.26’’S 27o29’26.35’’E.
iii. Kleinzee: land-based operations with water outflows on the stretch of coast marked in the North by GPS coordinates 29o39’13.44’’S 17o02’20.15’’E and in the South 29o40’15.12’’S 17o02’40.18’’E.
iv. Knysna River: upstream of the mouth at GPS 34° 4'55.64"S 23° 3'36.39"E
v. Within the Marina Martinique, landwards of the mouth of the Marina marked as by the GPS coordinates 34o04’37.23’’S 24o55’21.13’’E
vi. Paternoster: land-based operation with water outflows on the stretch of coast marked in the North by GPS coordinates 32o46’41.56’’S 17o54’28.37’’E and in the South by 32o47’14.33’’S 17o54’27.75’’E.
vii. Port Alfred: Kowie River, upstream of GPS coordinates 33o36’21.59’’S 26o53’50.20’’E.
viii. Saldanha Bay: within the Bay, north-eastward of a straight boundary line with endpoints at the GPS coordinates 33o02’59.26’’S 17o54’41.34’’E and 33o06’17.54’’S 17o57’09.53’’E
ix. Hamburg 33°17’0.78”S; 27°28’52.20”E.

 

All other persons including all aquaculture facilities whether located inside or outside the areas identified in (a) above are:

b. exempted from restricted activity (i) in Notice 1: “Discharging of or disposing into any waterway or the ocean, water from an aquarium, tank or other receptacle that has been used to keep a prohibited alien species or a listed invasive species.”
c. exempted from restricted activity (e) in Notice 1: “Selling or otherwise trading in, buying, receiving, giving, donating or accepting as a gift, or in any way acquiring or disposing of any live specimen of a listed invasive species.”

6.

Discinisca tenuis (Sowerby)

Disc lamp shell

1b

 

7.

Dodecacerea fewkesi

Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954

Black coral worm

1b

 

8.

Fenneropenaeus indicus

(H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Indian/White prawn

a. 2 in all provinces except KwaZulu-Natal.
b. Indigenous to KwaZulu- Natal, and therefore not listed there.

9.

Ficopomatus enigmaticus

(Fauvel, 1923)

Estuarine tube-worm

1b

 

10.

Litopenaeus vannamei

(Boone, 1931)

White shrimp, Whiteleg

shrimp

2

a. Exempted from requiring a Permit for all restricted activities for existing aquaculture facilities that have a valid Permit from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
b. Exempted from restricted activity (i) in Notice 1: “Discharging of or disposing into any waterway or the ocean, water from an aquarium, tank or other receptacle that has been used to keep a prohibited alien species or a listed invasive species.”

11.

Metridium senile (Linnaeus,

1761)

Feather-duster anemone,

Plumose anemone

3

 

12.

Mytilus galloprovincialis

(Lamarck, 1819)

Mediterranean mussel, Blue

mussel

2

a. Aquaculture facilities are exempted from requiring a Permit for all restricted activities except for restricted activities a, f, g, and k in Notice 1.

 

All other persons are:

b Exempted from restricted activity (i) in Notice 1: “Discharging of or disposing into any waterway or the ocean, water from an aquarium, tank or other receptacle that has been used to keep a prohibited alien species or a listed invasive species.”
c. Exempted from restricted activity (e) in Notice 1: “Selling or otherwise trading in, buying, receiving, giving, donating or accepting as a gift, or in any way acquiring or disposing of any live specimen of a listed invasive species.”

13.

Ostrea edulis Linnaeus,

1758

European flat oyster

3

 

14.

Penaeus monodon

Fabricius, 1798

Giant tiger prawn/Tiger

prawn

a. 2 in all provinces except KwaZulu-Natal.
b. Indigenous to KwaZulu- Natal, and therefore not listed there.
a. Exempted from requiring a Permit for all restricted activities for existing aquaculture facilities outside of KwaZulu-Natal that have a valid Permit from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
b. Exempted from restricted activity (i) in Notice 1: “Discharging of or disposing into any waterway or the ocean, water from an aquarium, tank or other receptacle that has been used to keep a prohibited alien species or a listed invasive species.”

15.

Sagartia ornata

(Holdsworth, 1855)

Brooding sea anemone

3


16.

Semimytilus algosus

(Gould, 1850)

Pacific mussel

1b


17.

Tetrapygus niger

(Molina, 1782)

Black sea-urchin

1a