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GAMTOOS ESTUARY: Land and Estuary Uses |
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Residential |
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Agricultural |
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| Privately owned mountain catchment areas are utilized mainly for cattle and goat farming, while within the Baviaanskloof, vegetable seed production takes place. (Ref 1) | |
| According to a Memorandum from the Department of Agricultural Technical Services, stock farming is practised in the Groot river catchment while fruit and mixed farmins is carried out in the upper reaches of the Langkloof and catchment of the Paul Sauer Dam. The Gamtoos River floodplain from Patensie to the mouth, is intensively cultivated with crops such as citrus, tobacco, lucerne and vegetables being grown under irrigation. (Ref 1) | |
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Recreation |
| Numerous holiday resorts and camp sites | |
| Sea fishing | |
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Conservation |
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