Yearly Archives: 2013

Trust hosts leading scientists June 11, 2012 by dyertrust   Trust hosts leading scientists at Second African Marine Mammal Colloquium - 21-24 May 2012 Critically important new conservation initiatives introduced Researchers from 22 organizations recently met at, The Great White House, Gansbaai headquarters of the Dyer Island Conservation Trust (DICT)to discuss the research urgently needed to protect important populations of marine [...]

Introducing our 2nd Leeds Uni masters candidate June 20, 2012 by dyertrust Lauren Duffield - University of Leeds I am originally from Birmingham in the UK, and have spent the past four years at the University of Leeds, having completed my undergraduate degree (BSc Hons. Ecology and Environmental Biology) in July of 2011. I began my masters degree (MRes Biodiversity and [...]

Stranded white shark on the shore of Dyer Island On Wednesday 20 June 2012, the Dyer Island Conservation Trust (old.dict.org.za) in Gansbaai was alerted to a stranded white shark on the shore of Dyer Island by commercial cage dive operator White Shark Projects. The first attempt at recovery late Thursday afternoon was halted by strong winds and large swells. The second [...]

Interns help tag a great white shark November 26, 2012 by dyertrust One of the most exciting events that an intern here gets to participate in is the tagging of a great white shark. On the morning of 3 November, we were asked to perform this task. Oliver Jewell is the manages our intern group and is also one of the [...]

Gigantic calves and thinner mothers! November 26, 2012 by dyertrust Gradually as the calves are getting larger (both longer and thicker)their mothers are getting thinner! The mothers do not feed while they are here off the South African coast, but sustain themselves from their thick layer of blubber, which they build up while they are feeding in the Sub-Antarctic waters from [...]