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 […]
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Strandloper Project hunts down Dirty Dozen in the Garden Route.
Plastic Pollution is the Modern Landscape. They are everywhere. In parks, along the beach, in the dunes and lining forest paths. Trash has become an everyday sighting. In a country […]
Targeted recreational shark fishing threatens Trophic Cascades
Trophic Cascades. The concept of trophic cascades is a relatively recent biological concept which describes the progression of nutrients and energy (calorific) through the food chain. There are numerous examples […]
Cleaning the reef one hook at a time.
In December 2017, snorkeling along the reef ledge at Gericke’s Point, the clumps of snagged fishing tackle struck a discord. In an instant, instead of searching for seasonal tropical fish […]
Insight into the merits of the South African Small Scale Fisheries Policy.
South Africa : small scale fisheries policy strive to elevate fishers from mere subsistance harvesting to small scale business, transforming their daily catch from a food source to a retail […]
Chasing Windmills and Sunbeams 