Abstract

Abstract In South Africa, kelp forests and associated temperate reefs dominate the nearshore subtidal zone in the southern Benguela, with kelp forests covering approximately 1000 km of the coastline. These ecosystems provide a range of goods and services that are of immense ecological, social and economic importance. A number of valuable species on these subtidal reefs are overexploited and have reached a state of crisis since the 1990s. Many linefish stocks are considered collapsed or overexploited, West Coast rock lobster populations are estimated to be at

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