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Country Profiles : South Africa

GEOGRAPHY   Latitudes (WIO) 22° - 35°S; 17° - 33° E Area 1 219 090 km2 Climate Subtropical to temperate Main coastal and marine habitats Rocky & coral reefs; mangroves; estuaries; sandy & rocky shores; kelp forests   DEMOGRAPHICS   Population 46.9 million Urbanisation 57% (UCT) Life expectancy at birth 47 years Growth rate -0.4% HIV/AIDS (adult prevalence rate) 16.7% Unemployment rate 26.7% Literacy 86.4% (CIA World Factbook)   ECONOMY   GDP US$ 186.8 billion Sectors Services (65.1%); Industry (31.6%); Agriculture (3.4%)   MARINE ENVIRONMENT   Coastline 2798 km Products Small pelagics; hake; linefish; lobster; shrimp; abalone Total Marine Catch 866 344 mt, 1 692 mt from the Indian Ocean (FAO statistics for 2004) Contribution to GDP 1% (by total catch not just WIO catch) Endangered Black musselcracker; Red steenbras; Great white shark; Smalltooth sawfish; Largetooth sawfish; Largecomb sawfish; Brindle bass; Potato bass; Seventy-four; Natal wrasse Legislation Marine Living Resources Act Marine catches for South Africa as recorded in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Fisheries Global Information System for the period 1995 to 2004. The country’s total catch is provided on the left while the catch from the Indian Ocean is on the right.