approved N/A 1 sub-regional Draft outline of The draft outline for Chapters of management plan contents of Marine Marine Area Plan was greed to by developed Area Plan agreed to Sector Departments as they had by National Working presented their chapters contributing to Group on MSP Area plan outline. Workplan and process flow going forward was done. Stakeholder engagement Strategy discussed in Detail. Strengthened Marine top predator Population Population estimates Population estimates Population estimates for African Penguin, knowledge, science Population estimates of 8 mainland seabird for African Penguin, Bank Cormorant conducted and policy interface estimates and undertaken for breeding species and Bank Cormorant ecological studies all the 12 birds 1 Sub-Antarctic seabird conducted Undertaken species plus 1 species conducted (including new species climate change) Southern Ocean Species (Rock Hopper Penguin 100% (18 out of Survey of 15 seal pup Counting of seal pups Counts of seal pups at three colonies 1 survey not The report has 18) seal pup colonies conducted at 3 colonies from from localised survey completed. conducted in Q1 due the challenge, to be colonies' counts (large scale) localised survey (Vondeling Island; Elands Bay and Jutten to poor camera to addressed in the next completed completed Island) enable counting of survey pups to be done 2 whale cruises 1 top predator ecological Contribute to IUCN Shark tracts data provided to IUCN conducted study conducted (sharks) shark specialist group specialist group on migratory routes. on migratory routes South Ocean and African coast Plankton annual Data collection during Data was collected during the May 2017 National research, survey monitoring along South Quarter 2 cruise and August 2017 IEP cruises. Plankton and monitoring Coast of South Africa Monitoring projects undertaken Protocol (SAMPoMP) completed
approved N/A 1 sub-regional management plan developed Draft outline of contents of Marine Area Plan agreed to by National Working Group on MSP The draft outline for Chapters of Marine Area Plan was greed to by Sector Departments as they had presented their chapters contributing to Area plan outline. Workplan and process flow going forward was done. Stakeholder engagement Strategy discussed in Detail. Strengthened knowledge, science and policy interface Marine top predator Population estimates and ecological studies Undertaken (including climate change) Population estimates undertaken for all the 12 birds species plus 1 new species Southern Ocean Species (Rock Hopper Penguin Population estimates of 8 mainland seabird breeding species and 1 Sub-Antarctic seabird species conducted Population estimates for African Penguin, Bank Cormorant conducted Population estimates for African Penguin, Bank Cormorant conducted 100% (18 out of 18) seal pup colonies' counts completed Survey of 15 seal pup colonies conducted (large scale) Counting of seal pups at 3 colonies from localised survey completed Counts of seal pups at three colonies from localised survey completed. (Vondeling Island; Elands Bay and Jutten Island) 1 survey not conducted in Q1 due to poor camera to enable counting of pups to be done The report has the challenge, to be addressed in the next survey 2 whale cruises conducted 1 top predator ecological study conducted (sharks) Contribute to IUCN shark specialist group on migratory routes Shark tracts data provided to IUCN specialist group on migratory routes. Ocean and coast research, survey and monitoring projects undertaken South African National Plankton Monitoring Protocol (SAMPoMP) completed Plankton annual monitoring along South Coast of South Africa Data collection during Quarter 2 cruise Data was collected during the May 2017 and August 2017 IEP cruises.
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