National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)RegulationsThreatened or Protected Marine Species Regulations, 2017Provisions Relating to Listed Threatened or Protected Marine SpeciesChapter 7 : Prohibition of Specific Restricted Activities under Certain Circumstances59. Prohibition of the conveyance, movement or translocation of a listed threatened or protected marine animal species under certain circumstances |
| (1) | Unless the conveyance, movement or otherwise translocation of a specimen of a listed threatened or protected marine species is necessary for the conservation of the particular species, a person may not convey, move or otherwise translocate such specimen to a national protected area, if— |
| (a) | such national protected area falls outside the natural distribution range of the particular species; or |
| (b) | the genetic make-up or integrity— |
| (i) | of the specimen to be conveyed, moved or otherwise translocated has in any way been compromised; or |
| (ii) | of the species already occurring in the national protected area has the potential to be compromised in any way as a result of such conveyance, movement or translocation. |
| (2) | A person may not convey, move or otherwise translocate a live specimen of a listed threatened or protected marine species from a particular property, if such specimen is kept on such property together with another specimen of a species with which it is likely to hybridise, unless— |
| (a) | the genotyping of such specimen has been done in accordance with these Regulations; and |
| (b) | the DNA certificate confirms that such specimen is not a hybrid. |