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

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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:

bExempted 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