Control over these sites is vested in the provincial government in terms of Government Gazette No. 37761 of 27 June 2014 – Management of Public Launch Sites in the Coastal Zone in terms of Section 83 (1) (d, i and o) of the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act (Act No. 24 of 2008). This control includes, inter alia, the maintenance of a daily launch register.
Twenty-five boat launch sites were gazetted by the EDTEA on 13th May 2021.
Stakeholders in these launch sites are the KZN Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA), the Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), the launch site licence holders (mainly municipalities), the launch site operators (mainly ski-boat clubs) and the boat users themselves. Collaboration between the various stakeholders in KZN has resulted in the development of a Boat Launch Site Monitoring System (BLSMS) that generates unique and comprehensive launch statistics and information about associated activities. This innovative system is a province-wide monitoring initiative for launch sites and is an example of unique, mutually beneficial cooperation between different stakeholders towards the common goal of improved management of small craft launch sites in KZN. Good participation by most launch site users has ensured the continued success of the project to date.
