Category Archives: BRUV
Lead Poisoning of Reef Cover from Lead Sinkers.
Citizen Science Protecting Conserving the Reef. When the Strandloper Project began research into the impact of snagged recreational fishing tackle on reef cover and biodiversity, the core focus was on […]
Strandloper Project survey sites in the garden Route
Documenting the different methods of fishing tackle snagging. Since the onset of our reef surveys for snagged recreation fishing in January 2018, the Strandloper Project has been able to distinguish […]
Reef assessment in the Garden Route
This morning, visiting our fixed point photography locations at Gericke’s Point to get progress photographs of the reef condition, I decided to check under a shelf afterwards. There is a […]
Marine Protected Areas generating sustainable marine abundance.
Community understanding ‘Hoe veel het julle gevang?’ I asked the two fishermen staring out to a grey violent ocean. I was on the Kleinkrans beach documenting the corpse of a […]
Strandloper Project : Planning Expedition 2020
Time to gear up for the Strandloper Project Expedition 2020. Following our inaugural research expedition between Blombos and Wilderness last year, this year we will be hiking from Nature’s […]
Glimpses beneath the waves.
A Green Turtle, like all other marine turtles, has become the ‘Panda’ of marine conservation. The incredible journey of over 35000km by Yoshi, a Green Turtle released with a GPS […]
Casting aside lead sinkers for an eco-friendly fishing future.
Since January 2018 the Strandloper Project has been researching ghostfishing and the snag rate of recreation fishing tackle on the reef at Gericke’s Point and in Kingfisher Creek. The research […]
Weighing down the reef with 100 pieces of lead.
100 pieces of lead. On a recent Strandloper Project reef survey at Gericke’s Point we located a barren section, an indentation in the rock bed, that was 2.8m x 1.6m […]
BRUV studies reveal new marine growth on reef.
Reef studies. In addition to our primary study focus on ghost fishing and entanglements caused snagged recreational fishing tackle, Strandloper Project is also researching the impact of recreational fishing activities […]
Chasing Windmills and Sunbeams 