Marine Dynamics Blog
Tag: Dyer Island Conservation Trust
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At 7 am this morning a deceased white shark Carcharodon carcharias was reported to the Dyer Island Conservation Trust by Anton Barnard in Pearly Beach…
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The 8th of November is World Responsible Tourism Day. This year also marks 10 years of World Responsible Tourism Days
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The Winter season in the Greater Dyer Island area has come and gone for 2016 and with it some of our best known and studied White sharks…
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Monofilament fishing line is one of the most destructive. It is not biodegradable and is the cause of death for many seabirds and other marine animals. Marine pollution especially fishing line and plastics make their way into the sea and can entangle around the bodies or insides (if eaten) of animals, potentially leading to death…
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We have some FINtastic news…the sharks have been spotted in the bay…
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On January 1st 2016, after an incredible December, white shark sightings began to slow down in Gansbaai. Cage diving operators are returning from sea reporting no sightings of white sharks despite extensive attempts to find them, for over a week. There are eight companies each trying different parts of the bay daily. Many speculative statements get thrown about whenever drops in the shark’s numbers occur. Therefore, we have attempted to address some real possibilities…
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No sleep-ins for the first group of shark cage divers this morning with an early launch however it appeared that we were not the only ones around nice and early…
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What a way to end an already fantastic week! We had fantastic conditions out on the water…
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The latest research from the Dyer Island Conservation Trust by Michelle Jewell explains the predator prey games of Cape fur seals and white sharks around Geyser Rock.
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