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Residential |
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Agricultural |
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Natural forests and
conservation areas, afforestation (pine), irrigated agriculture, urban
livestock (sheep) |
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Industrial |
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Fisheries Development
Corporation - experimental and commercial cultivation of
oysters. Approximately 30 ha water area reserved for the
purposes int he area west of the railway bridge. At present 6 ha
are utilised by the two companies accommodated (A Genade, pers.comm) .
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Approximately 450 tons of
oysters (Crassostrea gigas) are produced annually in South
Africa, with a total production
value of some R9.765 million (1997 rands, Hoffman et al. 2000).
The Knysna estuary currently
produces about 105 tons per year (S. Burton, Knysna Oyster Co., pers.
comm.), with an estimated value of
R3.15 million. (Ref 2) |
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Since as early as 1949 the Knysna
Oyster Company has been titillating gastronomes from all over the
world by cultivating the Finest oysters on our beds in the pristine
Knysna River Estuary. That's over 54 years experience in producing the
tastiest oysters in the land! (The
Knysna Oyster Company) |
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Recreation |
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The Knysna Lagoon is very
beautiful and a popular tourist resort with excellent yachting and
angling facilities (Day, 1981). Bulpin (1978) lists angling,
canoeing, diving, camping and caravanning, swimming and walking, as
activities. Estuary uses that have been observed include
yachting, water ski-ing, motor-boating, rowing, bathing, angling,
oyster cultivation, bird watching. (Ref
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Flemming Photography |
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Conservation |
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Featherbed
Nature Reserve: Featherbed Nature Reserve is a prime example
of eco-tourism and in order to protect the splendour of the natural
beauty, access to the Reserve is controlled. Numbers are limited and
visits are only permitted in the company of the Reserve's specialist
guides. |
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