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 Circumstances60. General circumstances relating to the prohibition to import, export, re-export or introduce from the sea a speciment of a listed threatened or protected marine species |
| (1) | A person may not import or introduce from the sea, a specimen of a listed threatened or protected marine species, unless it is authorised— |
| (a) | by a permit issued in accordance with these Regulations; and |
| (b) | to the extent applicable, in terms of the CITES Regulations. |
| (2) | A person may not import, export, re-export or introduce from the sea, a specimen of a listed threatened or protected marine species through a port of exit or entry other than the following— |
| (a) | land ports— |
| (i) | Beit Bridge border post; |
| (ii) | Golela border post |
| (iii) | Jeppes Reef border post; |
| (iv) | Lebombo border post; |
| (v) | Maseru border post; |
| (vi) | NaKop border post; |
| (vii) | Ramatlabama border post; |
| (viii) | Vioolsdrift border post; or |
| (b) | airports and harbours— |
| (i) | Cape Town International Airport; |
| (ii) | O.R. Tambo International Airport; |
| (iii) | King Shaka International Airport; |
| (iv) | Port Elizabeth International Airport; |
| (v) | Kruger – Mpumalanga International Airport; |
| (vi) | Cape Town Harbour; |
| (vii) | Durban Harbour; or |
| (viii) | Port Elizabeth Harbour. |
| (3) | Notwithstanding subregulation (1), a live specimen of a listed threatened or protected marine species may not be imported unless a blood sample of such specimen has been collected for genotyping and the results of such genotyping are made available to the issuing authority. |