National List of Invasive Marine Invertebrate Species

NO.SPECIESCOMMON NAMECATEGORY / AREASCOPE OF EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 71(3) / PROHIBITION IN TERMS OF SECTION 71A(1)
1Balanus glandula (Darwin 1854)3
2Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 19401b
3Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)1b
4Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)3
5Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)2a. 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, upstreamof 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.”
6Discinisca tenuis (Sowerby)Disc lamp shell1b
7Dodecacerea fewkesi Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954Black coral worm1b
8Fenneropenaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)Indian/White prawna. 2 in all provinces except KwaZulu-Natal. b. Indigenous to KwaZulu- Natal, and therefore not listed there.
9Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923)Estuarine tube-worm1b
10Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)White shrimp, Whiteleg shrimp2a. 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.”
11Metridium senile (Linnaeus, 1761)Feather-duster anemone, Plumose anemone3
12Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819)Mediterranean mussel, Blue mussel2a. 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: 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.”
13Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758European flat oyster3
14Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798Giant tiger prawn/Tiger prawna. 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.”
15Sagartia ornata (Holdsworth, 1855)Brooding sea anemone3
16Semimytilus algosus (Gould, 1850)Pacific mussel1b
17Tetrapygus niger (Molina, 1782)Black sea-urchin1a