ROGUE HELICOPTER CAUSES HAVOC TO MARINE LIFE AT MERCURY ISLAND April 29, 2010 by dyertrust A blue, foreign-registered helicopter bearing the identification 5YBXE attempted to land on Mercury Island last Thursday (22 April 2010) along the southern coast of Namibia, and in the process destroyed hundreds of nests of our most endangered seabirds. Following this manoeuvre, the helicopter landed on the [...]
BIRDLIFE OVERBERG RAISES R10000 FOR THE SHARK RESEARCH December 09, 2010 by dyertrust The past year has seen Anton Odendaal ofSaturday 11th December 2010 marked the first annual Bronzie Competition, with theDespite this the day was a success with 11 sharks caught and 2 sharks tagged by team I, including one of the largest sharks caught on the day - a [...]
SHARK ATTACK - FISH HOEK 12 JANUARY 2010 January 12, 2010 by dyertrust Our sympathy is extended to the friends and family of Mr Lloyd Skinner, a 37 year old Zimbabwean man, who died tragically in a shark attack on the 12th January 2010 at Fish Hoek beach. At this time of the year, the increase of swimmers is matched by [...]
TREASURE OIL SLICK February 03, 2010 by dyertrust The recently reported 300m oil slick (Cape Argus 16.01.10 & Cape Times 17.01.10) assumed to come from the iron ore carrier, the Treasure, which sunk ten years ago off the West Coast, is great cause for concern. Even though it was subsequently reported that the slick had broken up, the oil still remains [...]
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 byOnce 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? [...]
DICT SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY February 08, 2010 by dyertrust A JOINT PROJECT OF DYER ISLAND CONSERVATION TRUST AND Gansbaai finally has a high school. The new Gansbaai Secondary School opened in January. It was opened as a no fee school to benefit the local community, and although a low fee has been implemented to cover some running costs, this still leaves [...]
NATIONAL COASTAL CLEAN-UP WEEK CELEBRATED LOCALLY December 18, 2008 by dyertrust The week of 15-19 September, National Coastal Clean-up Week, was celebrated in style, with big yellow garbage bags and matching rubber gloves, by the Dyer Island Conservation Trust and Mr Dreyer's Grade 6 Class from Blompark Primary. The 34 students of the class were eager participants in performing a local [...]
THE FIRST ANNUAL AFRICAN PENGUIN MEETING IN GANSBAAI November 25, 2008 by dyertrust African Penguins are the only penguin species that breed in Africa, and are found on offshore islands and a few land based colonies in Namibia and South Africa. Like many penguin species, the African Penguin population is in serious trouble with the breeding census figures released in 2006 [...]
FACES OF NEED SHARKS November 29, 2008 by dyertrust One hundred million sharks are killed each year. Thats 100,000,000! and this huge statistic continues to grow worldwide now as you read this article. In fact, the majority of shark species now (of which over 100 live off the South African coastline) are over 90% in decline, and the worst thing is [...]
DICT MAKES DONATION TO SOUTH AFRICAN SHARK CONSERVACY FOLLOWING STORM DAMAGE November 27, 2008 by dyertrust On the weekend of August 30th 2008, the Western Cape witnessed a massive cold front that saw high winds and extreme sea conditions which caused significant damage along the whole of the coastline. One of the victims of this harsh storm was the locally based [...]