The MPA provides protection for marine habitat and wildlife, including birds and threatened and endangered fish species.

[1] The MPA was proclaimed by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Mohammed Valli Moosa, in Government Gazette No.

[3][4] The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is responsible for issuing permits, quotas and law enforcement.

Some of them are listed here:[7] The coastline is fairly straight, and is generally very steep from a relatively flat coastal region between the inland mountains and the sea.

The Storms River gorge is roughly perpendicular to the coastline, and very narrow — the sides are approximately vertical.

The MPA is in the warm temperate Agulhas inshore marine bioregion to the east of Cape Point which extends eastwards to the Mbashe River.

This form of upwelling forces cold deep water up onto the continental shelf, but not necessarily above the thermocline.

This enhances biological productivity by supply of nutrients to the euphotic zone (where plants have sufficient light to flourish) which fuels phytoplankton production, and rocky shores that are supplied with the nutrient rich water support rich algal biomass.

Rocky shores and reefs provide a firm fixed substrate for the attachment of plants and animals.

The sand is continually being moved around by wave action, to a greater or lesser degree depending on weather conditions and exposure of the area.

This means that sessile organisms must be specifically adapted to areas of relatively loose substrate to thrive in them, and the variety of species found on a sandy or gravel bottom will depend on all these factors.

Sandy bottoms have one important compensation for their instability, animals can burrow into the sand and move up and down within its layers, which can provide feeding opportunities and protection from predation.

Myxinidae Hexanchidae Squalidae Rhincodontidae Carcharhinidae Scylioshinidae Sphrynidae Lamnidae Odontaspididae Pristidae Torpedinidae Rhinobatidae Mylobatidae Mobulidae Dasyatidae Eliopidae Anguillidae Congridae Ophichthidae Clupeidae Engraulidae Gonorhynchidae Aritidae Plotosidae Stomidae Synodontidae Myctophidae Gadidae Merlucciidae Moridae Bregmacerotidae Ophidiidae Bythitidae Batrachoididae Lophiidae Gobiesocidae Atherinidae Notocheiridae Hemiramphidae Belonidae Berycidae Zeidae Syngnathidae Macroramphosidae Tetrarogidae Congiopodidae Platycephalidae Triglidae Kuhliidae Serranidae Teraponidae Scombropidae Pomatomidae Haemulidae Sparidae Centracanthidae Dichistidae Parascorpididae Scorpididae Monodactylidae Mullidae Sciaenidae Pomacanthidae Chaetodontidae Oplegnathidae Carangidae Coryphaenidae Cheilodactylidae Pomacentridae Labridae Mugilidae Sphyraenidae Congrogadidae Champsodontidae Bleniidae Trypterygiidae Clinidae Ammodytidae Callionymidae Gobiidae Zanclidae Gempylidae Trichiuridae Scombridae Stromatidae Bothidae Cynoglossidae Soleidae Monacanthidae Ostraciidae Tetraodontidae Diodontidae Molidae The MPA is in the warm temperate Agulhas inshore marine bioregion to the east of Cape Point which extends eastwards to the Mbashe River.