News – Page 4

Mon, 16th November 2020

Microbiological monitoring in Saldanha Bay

Attached please find correspondence between DAFF and SBWQFT (Barry Clark) regarding our current bacteriological indicators for the bacterial monitoring plan. Barry’s explanation to why the SBWQFT is testing for entero streptococci.

Fri, 23rd October 2020

State of the Bay 2020 – Webinar Presentation on website

Our Thanks for making the State of the Bay 2020 a success DK Wireless Thank you to DK Wireless for sponsoring the installation of the high-powered internet connection needed to make our State of the […]

Tue, 13th October 2020

Save the Date for the State of the Bay 2020

We have pleasure in announcing that the State of the Bay 2020 presentation will be held on 22nd October at 18h00. This will be our first virtual presentation. Here is the link to the Presentation […]

Sat, 3rd October 2020

Coastal and marine economy: Can it be salvaged from the impacts of poor water quality?

South Africa has one of the highest unemployment (currently above 31% and growing, worsened by Covid-19), poverty stricken and unequal societies in the world. Estuaries and marine ecosystems contribute between R4.2 and R10bn per annum […]

Tue, 15th September 2020

Determining the change in the bathymetry of Saldanha Bay due to the harbour construction in the seventies

This article, authored by Ivan Henrico, Jacques Bezuidenhout from the Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, was recently published in the South African Journal of Geomatics, Vol. 9. No. 2, September 2020.

Tue, 25th August 2020

Public Advisory Forum (PAF) Meeting of 2020-01-17

We have pleasure in publishing the following documents for your perusal: 1. PAF minutes of the meeting held on 17/01/2020 2. PAF presentation for 01 January 2020 – 31 July 2020 3. Bi-annual external sampling […]

Wed, 15th July 2020

Saldanha Bay Aquaculture Development Zone – Questions and Answers

Please find below the ADZ management and ECO responses to 4 final questions arising from the last CF meeting. There is one other document outstanding which will be issued once we have all the data […]

Tue, 7th July 2020

2020 International Coastal Cleanup

Below is the 2020 International Coastal Cleanup to be held 19 September 2020. We hope you are staying safe, healthy and perhaps enjoying a bit of time at home or with family. We are working […]

Mon, 6th July 2020

Pollution Incident at Saldanha Bay Government Jetty as reported by Sea Harvest

Report of Pollution Incident observed and reported by Sea Harvest, please read entire report below. As Reported by Sea Harvest Please find attached the following document: Sea water pollution observed from 29/06 – 02/07/2020 at […]

Sat, 4th July 2020

Public Notice – Saldanha Bay Aquaculture Development Zone

The former Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) undertook a Basic Assessment in terms of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, GNR 982 of […]

Thu, 2nd July 2020

Draft Amendments to the National Estuarine Protocol

Please note that the Draft Amendments to the National Estuarine Management Protocol were published on the 26 June 2020, for a 30-day commenting period. Please see the published Gazette below.

Wed, 18th March 2020

WCDM Second generation Integrated Coastal Management Plan

The National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act (No. 24 of 2008) (ICMA) provides for the integrated management of South Africa’s coastline to ensure the sustainable development of the coast. It was developed to promote […]