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Environment minister Dion George says oceans could provide a R166 billion boost and 600 000 jobs. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

BLUE ECONOMY SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa’s oceans: “Blue gold” for jobs and growth by 2035

Environment minister Dion George says oceans could provide a R166 billion boost and 600 000 jobs

Sheree Bega

Gentle giants: Manta rays, which can reach a span of seven to eight metres, are found in warm waters. Reef mantas are found along coastlines and oceanic mantas in open waters

ENDANGERED MARINE SPECIES

Scientists reveal the mysteries of South Africa’s ‘wings of the sea’

The graceful manta rays gliding along the coastline are little known and humans have caused a significant a decline in their numbers

Sheree Bega