STRANDED WHALE SHARKDecember 23, 2010 by dyertrustOnce again, our team was called into action on the 23rdDecember 2010, to attend a strandingthis time for a particularly unique animal. Was it a whale? Was it a shark? Both!A 6.0-6.5 meter maleWhale sharkwashed ashore nearPearly Beach. Whale sharks do not normally occur in these waters because they prefer warm tropical waters such as [...]
BRONZIE COMPETITION HELPS WITH VALUABLE RESEARCHDecember 11, 2010 by dyertrustSaturday 11th December 2010 marked the first annual Bronzie Competition, with theTwo Oceans Angling Clubholding a day long catch and release event in False Bay. Determined anglers battled a strong South Easterly to catch themselves a Bronze Whaler Shark.Bronze Whalersor Bronzies as they are known locally are a species of requiem shark [...]
JUDY & BRUCE MANN VISIT GANSBAAI December 10, 2010 by dyertrust Marine Dynamicsand Dyer Island Conservation Trust were pleased to have Judy and Bruce Mann visit on the 11th December. Judy is the Director of Sea World and Bruce, senior scientist at the Oceanographic Research Institute (South African Association for Marine Biological Research) It was a perfect day for shark cage [...]
BIRDLIFE OVERBERG RAISES R30000 FOR THE AFRICAN PENGUINDecember 09, 2010 by dyertrustThe past year has seen Anton Odendaal ofBirdlife Overbergon a mission for the African penguin. A golf day held in June at which a real live penguin was in attendance kicked off the fundraising. Through this and the raffle of Angela Keys penguin painting, R30 000 was raised for the [...]
MORE THAN 150 AFRICAN PENGUIN CHICKS RESCUED FROM DYER ISLANDDecember 08, 2010 by dyertrustAn emergency operation to rescue 156 African Penguin chicks from Dyer Island, South Africa, has been successfully co-coordinated byCapeNaturewith the support of theDyer Island Conservation Trustand theSouth African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds(SANCCOB).The chicks faced starvation as they had been born late in the breeding season. [...]
FISHING LINE BIN PLACED AT PEARLY BEACHDecember 07, 2010 by dyertrustAnother fishing line bin has been placed in the Pearly Beach area at Jan-se- Klip. Elrina Versfeld of the Pearly Beach Conservancy (PBC) approachedus after they saw the successful implementation of the bins around Gansbaai.Benjamin Kondokter of the Overstrand Municipality Gansbaai Administration together with Brenda Walters of DICT met Gerald Henrici, [...]
Inshore shark research ? Shark Blog 7November 16, 2010 by dyertrustBy DICTs Marine Biologist,Alison TownerInshore shark researchWe have had a fantastic few months of tracking white sharks in Gansbaai. In September, we deployed two acoustic transmitters on to two 4m plus female sharks on the 3rd and 7th of September respectively. Without giving too much away, the results from following these [...]
DICT PARTNERS WITH FOOTBALL FOUNDATION November 12, 2010 by dyertrust We are proud to be assisting the Football Foundation with their WHALE (We Have A Lovely Environment) education programme!The main focus is to present programmes sharing knowledge and skills with the youth equipping them to take action for the environment, health and social development. Of the six week programme, the Trust [...]
GIVE AN ENDANGERED PENGUIN FAMILY A HOME THIS CHRISTMASNovember 11, 2010 by dyertrustAn internationally recognised housing project which protects penguin parents and chicks from predators and the storms at the tip of Africa.Breeding population at a historic low.Click here to learn more.....Your gift of R400/ 36 / US$57 / Euros 42 can help save the African Penguin before it's too late.Every [...]
ECO-TOURISM PARTNER LAUNCHES NEW SHARK DIVING BOATNovember 10, 2010 by dyertrustOur eco-tourism partner,Marine Dynamics Toursis setting the trend with their newly designed, multi million rand, purpose built, aluminium shark cage diving boat, Slashfin.She was designed by a well known naval architect combined with input of experience and expertise of Marine Dynamics and others in the industry and she was built by [...]