Whale Blog Launched December 07, 2011 by dyertrust The first important steps have been taken and the monitoring of the cetaceans in the Greater Dyer Island area has begun. This blog will keep you informed about the progress of the PhD project. Katja Vinding Petersen is a student at the University of Pretoria, Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology [...]
European Elasmobranch Association Conference - October 2013.  Michelle Wcisel and Oliver Jewell represented the DICT at this event in Plymouth in the UK. This event was organized by UK based Shark Trust. Oliver presented on his masters dissertation on White Shark movement patterns around Dyer Island and Michelle presented on the practical aspects of the Gansbaai dorsal fin population estimate [...]
Leatherback stranding December 17, 2011 by dyertrust  While filming with Blue Note Productions for their latest documentary in 3D, marine biologist Oliver Jewell discovered a deceased stranded Leatherback turtle amongst the rocks. I couldn't believe it, I just happened to look down and bam, it was there! Leatherback turtles are the largest living turtle in the world. Their front flippers [...]
MARINE BIG 5 CONSERVATION MARQUEE AT HERMANUS WHALE FESTIVAL August 28, 2011 by dyertrust Every year Hermanus celebrates the arrival of the Southern Right whales. The statistics for ocean pollution makes for very grim reading – a study done in 2006 by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) estimates that every square mile of ocean is infested with around 46,000 pieces [...]
Hermanus whale festival 2012 October 08, 2012 by dyertrust Thisis the third whale festival that the Dyer Island Conservation Trust has participated in. The tent space dedicated to the environmental aspect of the festival was greatly increased meaning more conservation organisations could be involved. Under the organisation of Kim Mclean, we exhibited alongside Sanccob, Shark Conservancy, AOCA and many others. We [...]
PROPOSED NUCLEAR POWER STATION TO CREATE PERMANENT CHANGES IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT July 22, 2010 by dyertrust Eskom has identified three sites along the South African coastline as potential plots for a Nuclear Power Station (NPS). Although not the first preferred site, Bantamsklip, just over 20kms from Gansbaai and 10kms from Dyer Island, is one of them. The proposed site for Bantamsklip [...]
