The Saldanha State of the Bay monitoring programme is designed to provide an annual assessment of the state of Saldanha Bay, Langebaan Bay and surrounding ecosystems.
Direct monitoring of a number of important ecosystem indicators was initiated by the WQT in 1999, including water quality (faecal coliform, temperature, oxygen and pH), sediment quality (trace metals, hydrocarbons, total organic carbon (TOC) and nitrogen) and benthic macrofauna.
The range of parameters monitored has expanded since then to include surf zone fish and rocky intertidal macrofauna (both initiated in 2005) and led to the commissioning of a “State of the Bay” technical report series in 2006.
A detailed State of the Bay report is produced every year that summarises all available data and information on:
Reports
2025
State of the Bay 2025 – Agenda for Open Day
Announcing the State of the Bay 2025 – Save the Date
2024
State of the Bay 2024 – Open Day presentations, videos and Report
State of the Bay 2024 Final Booking Countdown has begun …
State of the Bay 2024 – Agenda for Open Day
State of the Bay … sneak peek of the WWF presentation
State of the Bay 2024 – We are waiting for your booking …
State of the Bay 2024 – Have you booked yet?
Announcing the State of the Bay 2024 and Online Booking
2023
State of the Bay 2023 – Open Day presentations, videos and report
State of the Bay 2023 Agenda
Announcing the State of the Bay 2023
2022
State of the Bay 2022 – Technical & Abbreviated Reports
State of the Bay 2022 Presentations and Videos
2021
State of the Bay 2021 – Technical Report
State of the Bay 2021 Report & Open Day Slide Presentations
Agenda for the SBWQFT Open Day on 22nd October 2021
2020
State of the Bay 2020 – Technical Report
State of the Bay 2020 – Presentation Slides
State of the Bay 2020 – Webinar Presentation on website
Draft Amendments to the National Estuarine Protocol
State of the Bay, 2020 – Sampling
2019
State of the Bay 2019 Technical Report
Reminder: Open Day 2019
Open Day 2019 – Invitation and Agenda
2018
State of the Bay 2018 Technical Report
2017
State of the Bay 2017 Technical Report
State of the Bay 2017 Glossy Report
2016
State of the Bay 2016 Technical Report
2015
State of the Bay 2015 Technical Report
2014
State of the Bay 2013/2014 Technical Report
2013
State of the Bay 2013/2014 Technical Report
2012
State of the Bay 2012 Technical Report
2011
State of the Bay 2011 Technical Report
State of the Bay 2011 Glossy Report
Anchor Environmental is an independent consulting firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. They offer ecological and economic expertise to inform management and decision making regarding the use and conservation of natural resources.
Anchor has conducted the “State of the Bay” Monitoring programme for Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon annually since 2008.
These reports presents data on parameters monitored directly by the WQT as well as those monitored by others (government, private industry, academic establishments and NGOs).
Their main areas of interest are biodiversity and ecology, hydrological and oceanographic monitoring, ecosystem services, socio-economic studies, environmental and resource economics, conservation policy, strategy and planning, environmental flows, environmental monitoring and natural resource management problems in general.
The staff are associates of the University of Cape Town and have produced more than 200 technical reports and have published over 75 scientific papers and regularly participate in international conferences.




















































