National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act: Regulations: Management of Southwest Indian Seamount Marine Protected Area (No. R. 795 of 2019).

These Regulations of the Minister of Environmental Affairs, made under sections 48A and 86 of the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003, provide rules for the administration, conservation and management of the Southwest Indian Seamount Marine Protected Area. The Marine Protected Area is zoned as two Restricted Zones in terms of the Act. “Restricted Zone” means an area within the Marine Protected Area where no fishing may take place, but where any other activity in terms of section 48A(1) of the Act. Section 48(1) was inserted into the principal Act by the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Amendment Act 2014. The Regulations set out general restrictions within the Marine Protected Area. Restrictions are placed on the entry and use of vessels in the zone. No fishing may take place in a Restricted Zone. All fishing gear shall be stowed as prescribed. A permit issued in terms of these Regulations may be suspended, cancelled or amended.