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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This morning, as news of a possible third fatal whale entanglement in octopus traps in False Bay filters through, it is obvious that definitive action needs to be taken to […]
When we began our plans for the Strandloper Project coastal expedition, the route was chosen with careful consideration. Ghost Fishing at Gericke’s Point. From our ghost fishing studies at Gericke’s […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]