About
Website
Photographers
Science
What is an MPA?
Protection
Benefits
Ecosystems
Iconic species
Pressures
Coastal
Overview
Addo Elephant NP
Aliwal Shoal
Amathole
Betty's Bay
De Hoop
Dwesa-Cwebe
Goukamma
Helderberg
Hluleka
Namaqua NP
Pondoland
Protea Banks
Robben Island
Robberg
Rocherpan
Sardinia Bay
iSimangaliso
Stilbaai
Table Mountain NP
Trafalgar
Tsitsikamma
Walker Bay
West Coast NP Network
Offshore
Overview
Agulhas Bank Complex
Agulhas Front
Agulhas Mud
Aliwal Shoal
Amathole Offshore
Benguela Mud
Browns Bank Corals
Cape Canyon
Childs Bank
Namaqua Fossil Forest
Orange Shelf Edge
Port Elizabeth Corals
Protea Banks
iSimangaliso
SE Atlantic Seamounts
SW Indian Seamounts
uThukela Banks
explore
Marine Protected Areas South Africa
About
Website
Photographers
Science
What is an MPA?
Protection
Benefits
Ecosystems
Iconic species
Pressures
Coastal
Overview
Addo Elephant NP
Aliwal Shoal
Amathole
Betty's Bay
De Hoop
Dwesa-Cwebe
Goukamma
Helderberg
Hluleka
Namaqua NP
Pondoland
Protea Banks
Robben Island
Robberg
Rocherpan
Sardinia Bay
iSimangaliso
Stilbaai
Table Mountain NP
Trafalgar
Tsitsikamma
Walker Bay
West Coast NP Network
Offshore
Overview
Agulhas Bank Complex
Agulhas Front
Agulhas Mud
Aliwal Shoal
Amathole Offshore
Benguela Mud
Browns Bank Corals
Cape Canyon
Childs Bank
Namaqua Fossil Forest
Orange Shelf Edge
Port Elizabeth Corals
Protea Banks
iSimangaliso
SE Atlantic Seamounts
SW Indian Seamounts
uThukela Banks
explore
Pressures
The ocean is getting busier as pressures in the marine environment diversify and expand.
fishing
POACHING
Reduced freshwater input
Oil & gas
coastal development
climate change
seaBED mining
POLLUTION
invasive species
explore
protection
benefits
ecosystems
iconic species