Faces of Need Penguin Project- Making a difference? January 17, 2013 by dyertrust With a conservation status of Endangered, and few remaining colonies in tact along the South African and Namibian coastline, it is inspiring to see to what lengths businesses will go to make a difference in the lives of the African Penguin. One of the biggest threats these birds [...]
SAVE ENDANGERED AFRICAN PENGUINS B y Aditi Deokar In February 2013 we brought you The African Penguins on Dyer Island, South Africa, can hear a strong little heart beating more than 14 500km away This strong little heart belongs to a bushy tailed, bright eyed, little lady, by the name of Aditi Deokar. Aditi is a 7 year old, grade 4 [...]
Southern Right Whale Annual Aerial Survey October 11, 2013 by dyertrust The Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit of the University of Pretoria will be able to do their annual helicopter survey of the southern right whale population over the first two to three weeks of October. This survey, to be carried out westwards from Natures Valley to Muizenberg, is the 35th [...]
Bottlenose Dolphin stranding at Romansbaai May 26, 2015 by dyertrust Bottlenose Dolphins are a common sight along the Overstrand coastline of South Africa. A welcome sight to tourists from all over with world, there is very few things as spectacular as seeing a pod of Dolphins playing the surf. On Friday the 21st of May a juvenile Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) [...]
DICT celebrates Whale Day with Gansbaai Primer, in the Overstrand. July 9, 2015 by dyertrust In honor of whale day, representatives from the International Marine Volunteers, the Dyer Island Conservation Trust and Marine Dynamics made a special visit to an elementary school, Gansbaai Primer, in the Overstrand. A story was told to the children in which a Right Whale begins its [...]
Cape Whale Coast Hope Spot ? highlighting our world... August 23, 2014 by dyertrust Cape Whale Coast Hope Spot highlighting our world... The Overstrand region is built on a rich and diverse marine environment. Many of the small towns started off as sleepy little fishermans villages. Nothing much has changed, except the size of our towns, with eco tourism replacing much [...]
Waddle for Penguins 2014 March 07, 2014 by dyertrust This year was the first time for the Primo Group, as they became known, to use a drone to film from overhead. The coordination of activities for a group of 20 people is always a huge challenge, when we started the negotiations with this group we very quickly realized that there is [...]
Deployment Success June 25, 2015 by dyertrust By Alison Towner, DICT. On Saturday the 20th of June, the second phase of this project took place. The afternoon provided perfect windless conditions as the crew and I launched Whale whisperer to deploy the rest of the receivers further afield in the peripheral areas of Walker Bay, Danger and Quoin Point. The weather [...]
66 Sharks Caught in West Australia February 18, 2014 by dyertrust Large sharks are facing another tragic fate at the hand of man, again, with a total of 66 sharks that have already been baited on the drumlines deployed across the west coast of Australia resultant of the Shark Mitigation Policy signed off by the Western Australian Government.Seventeen of these sharks [...]
Product development through the science of Bio mimicry November 23, 2015 by dyertrust Another example of product development through the science of bio mimicry is artificial shark skin. This product mimics the dermal denticles found on sharks bodies. Sharks have evolved these specialized scales in order to move more efficiently through the water and prevent fouling on their skin. Artificial shark [...]