Reef Clean Up : Knysna Heads
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 […]
Category Archives: Lead poisioning
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 […]
Fish For the Future
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chasing Windmills and Sunbeams 