2023 | Dyer Island Conservation Trust

Marine Month Overstrand School’s Competition Winners Announced
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Marine Month Overstrand School’s Competition Winners Announced

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Marine Month Overstrand School’s Competition Winners Announced

Dyer Island Conservation Trust, in collaboration with the Overstrand Municipality, Western Cape Education Department (SAFE Schools), and CapeNature, proudly recognized young marine conservationists during the annual Marine Month Competition Winners Announcement. On Saturday, December 2, finalists and winners, accompanied by proud teachers and parents, gathered at the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary for the awards ceremony. This year, Marine Dynamics’s [...]

December 4th, 2023|APSS, DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|

Trashion Show Makes Recycled Plastic and Paper Look Fantastic
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Trashion Show Makes Recycled Plastic and Paper Look Fantastic

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Trashion Show Makes Recycled Plastic and Paper Look Fantastic

At this year’s Trashion Show in Gansbaai, much of this trash came to new life in the hands of creative eco-conscious Dyer Island Conservation Trust Environmental Education Programme known as DEEP. These DEEP Blue Ambassadors intent on standing out on the ramp. In its sixth year, the show has grown in size and popularity. Before the show, children were seen gathering [...]

November 14th, 2023|DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|

Marine Dynamics Awarded Three Blue Flag Certifications for the Best Boats in the Industry
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Marine Dynamics Awarded Three Blue Flag Certifications for the Best Boats in the Industry

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Marine Dynamics Awarded Three Blue Flag Certifications for the Best Boats in the Industry

WESSA's Blue Flag and Green Coast Awards 2023/2024 Recognizing excellence in sustainable coastal management. GEORGE, Western Cape – As warmer weather and swim season approach, WESSA celebrated South Africa's pristine coastal destinations with the coveted Blue Flag and Green Coast status awards on Friday, October 20th. A further four marinas and six tourism boats have been acknowledged at this season's event [...]

October 24th, 2023|APSS, DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|

Saving our national bird.
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Saving our national bird.

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Saving our national bird.

On Tuesday, October 3rd, Marine Dynamics received a call from Louis October, a farmer from Elim. Louis was very concerned about a blue crane he had found on his farm the evening before, struggling to walk and unable to fly. Senior Bird Rehabilitator from the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary, Xolani Lawu, immediately set out to collect the injured bird. The [...]

October 17th, 2023|APSS, DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|

Rare Cuvier’s Beaked Whale stranding
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Rare Cuvier’s Beaked Whale stranding

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Rare Cuvier’s Beaked Whale stranding

On Monday 9 October, early morning, Marine Dynamics received a call from a concerned hiker on Die Plaat, just off De Kelders. Gansbaaier Aaron Stemmett was hiking with a group of students when they came upon, what they thought was a Southern Right Whale calf, and hoping that it was still alive, tried pushing it back into the ocean. Aaron phoned [...]

October 17th, 2023|APSS, DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|

Tackling Marine Litter to Sea The Change in 2023

Plastic pollution is a massive problem for our ocean, but even small actions can make a big difference. Even though we had to wait a week for a few storms to pass, we were still determined to celebrate International Coastal Clean-up Day. Every bottle, every plastic, every piece of trash you clean up can lead to a cleaner, healthier ocean. With [...]

September 23rd, 2023|APSS, DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|

Unveiling the Mysteries of Sunfish: An Exciting Journey
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Unveiling the Mysteries of Sunfish: An Exciting Journey

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Unveiling the Mysteries of Sunfish: An Exciting Journey

For our September edition of Marine Evenings, hosted at the Great White House by the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, we dived into the captivating and awe-inspiring world of the ocean's gentle giants – the sunfish. For this special edition, we've invited Ralph Watson, the Head of Research at the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, to be your guide through the mysteries of [...]

September 15th, 2023|APSS, DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|

Shark Awareness Day: Taking a look at South Africa’s sharks and collecting observational data
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Shark Awareness Day: Taking a look at South Africa’s sharks and collecting observational data

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Shark Awareness Day: Taking a look at South Africa’s sharks and collecting observational data

South Africa is known for its amazing shark biodiversity and is one of the few areas around the world known to be a hotspot for this kind of diversity. The country's waters are home to a wide array of shark species, making it a prime location for scientific research and conservation efforts. In the world of the Dyer Island Conservation Trust [...]

July 14th, 2023|DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|

Great White Shark Dissection in Mossel Bay
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Great White Shark Dissection in Mossel Bay

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Great White Shark Dissection in Mossel Bay

On the 18th of June, notable observations were made in Mossel Bay as two distinct Orca individuals, Port and Starboard, were witnessed engaging in an encounter with a white shark, resulting in hunting behaviour. On the following day, the carcass of a white shark washed up on Hartenbos Beach. This individual was confirmed to be a different white shark from the [...]

June 21st, 2023|DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|

Celebrating World Albatross Day
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Celebrating World Albatross Day

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Celebrating World Albatross Day

There is something mythical and lyrical about seeing an albatross out at sea... The albatross is a large, magnificent seabird capable of soaring incredible distances without rest. Long viewed with superstitious awe by sailors, they spend most of their time gliding over the open ocean. Most people around the world rarely get a glimpse of these unique birds because even when [...]

June 21st, 2023|Uncategorized|

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