Tag Archives: Strandloper Project
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 […]
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 […]
Sighting of Otter tracks at Buffalo Bay.
While the humans are away, the wildlife comes out to play. This was definitely true at Buffalo Bay this morning. As part of the Strandloper Project, we have mapped evidence […]
Teach a man to fish…
Artesian fishing in rural communities is often the primary source of animal protein available. For the most part, they fish for the pot, taking only what they can consume on […]
The essence of capturing marine life
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 […]
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 […]
Strandloper Project – Establishing a preseason Baseline of snagged fishing tackle at Gericke’s Point.
Bouncing off a Baseline. In the second half of December 2018 we conducted a dive to remove snagged fishing tackle from a transect on the eastern reef at Gericke’s Point. […]
Strandloper Project takes on Ghost fishing and marine plastics in the Garden Route.
The seemingly harmless simplicity of snagged fishing tackle on a reef at Gericke’s Point near Sedgefield in the Garden Route. Snagged hooks like this, with fresh bait still on, pose […]
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 […]
Chasing Windmills and Sunbeams 