Entanglements from discarded and lost fishing gear.
In the last week of March 2023, two graphic examples of lethal marine entanglement with abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear (#ALDFG) were reported on a local Garden Route stranding […]
In the last week of March 2023, two graphic examples of lethal marine entanglement with abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear (#ALDFG) were reported on a local Garden Route stranding […]
In conjunction with Knysna Basin Project, Strandloper Project volunteers conducted a clean up dive to remove lost and snagged recreational fishing gear on the eastern side of the channel flanking […]
Ocean Harvest As South Africans prepare for their summer break with the annual rush to our beautiful coastline, many will be planning to spend time indulging in some shore based […]
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 […]
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 […]
Last night, while doing some underwater photography, a group of three young fishermen approached me and asked what I was doing. Interesting they said. In response to my query of […]
Washed up. The Southern Cape coastline boasts a dynamic ocean and shoreline driven by strong winds and strong currents and the relatively shallow seabed of the Agulhas Bank which extends […]
International Groundswell. As part of the International Coastal Cleanup Day on the 21st September, the Strandloper Project undertook a combined beach and reef clean up. Locals Caring in the Garden […]
On the 30th June, members of the Strandloper Project set off down to their primary reef transect at Gericke’s Point to attempt a reef survey and to recover snagged recreational […]
‘On this intertidal shelf, you can forage for 90 minutes and collect more than your daily energetic requirements’ Archaeological Sites in the Garden Route. We had arrived beneath the pastel […]