The Trust supports rescue and rehabilitation centre Penguins Eastern Cape January 09, 2012 by dyertrust The passionate and dedicated team at Penguins Eastern Cape (Cape St. Francis) led by Trudi Malan had their hands full this festive season. Every year as the penguins go into their annual moult lasting about three weeks, they are unable to swim and feed so any [...]
Great White Shark legend returns February 27, 2012 by dyertrust Marine Dynamics and the Dyer Island Conservation Trust are excited to announce that legendary shark Slashfin has been spotted again, and better yet, tagged. I couldn't believe it when I saw such a massive shark swimming past Lwazi, and that it was Slashfin was a huge bonus, said Marine Dynamics marine [...]
DICT Treks along with Trekking for Trash Team December 06, 2012 by dyertrust Cleaning up the whole South African coastline is a mean feat when you are driving from area to area but doing this whilst walking the whole way? This is exactly what Michael Baretta and Camilla Howard, from Can Do! Trekking for Trash, want to achieve in a mere [...]
Stranded Rockhopper penguin rescued February 06, 2012 by dyertrust The Dyer Island Conservation Trust was alerted of a stranded penguin in Pearly Beach (27 Jan). This is unfortunately not an unusual call, but this time it was a very unusual penguin! Instead of being an African penguin from nearby Dyer Island, this was a Rockhopper penguin. It is unusual but not [...]
Spoilt for choice! August 14, 2011 by dyertrust I think the sharks must have started reading our Marine Dynamics newsletters. In July we left off hoping that our sightings would improve and that we would see at least one more spell of activity at Dyer Island again before winter season draws to an end. After a very dry sharky phase at [...]
Shark Entertainment Inc. donates to DICT December 15, 2011 by dyertrust For Dyer Island Conservation Trust's senior biologist, Alison Towner, Christmas came early. Once they wrapped up shooting for 2012s Discovery Channel Shark Week, Jeff Kurr of Shark Entertainment Inc. donated the Shark Spy system. Shark Spy is an underwater HD panning/zooming camera that can be mounted at the bottom of [...]
Baby Cape fur seal stranded at Danger Point December 15, 2011 by dyertrust During the month of December, we often get many reports of stranded Cape fur seal pups. Pupping time is in full swing and the massive (+300kg) adult males are still on the island causing chaos defending their territories from rival malesand it is during that chaos that many [...]
A busy July for Alison Towner and the Great white sharks July 26, 2011 by dyertrust July 2011 Studying great white sharks for the last five years in Gansbaai, I have often found myself out at sea wondering just what the sharks are up to on the other side of the headland- in False Bay. I have often imagined the same [...]
Shark sightings February 21, 2011 by dyertrust February 2011 has been an excellent month. We have encountered some spectacular white shark sightings and a drastic improvement on shark numbers from December/January. Interestingly, white shark presence has only been documented at Dyer Island and not in the normal shallow water reef system of Jouberts dam. The only female shark we saw in [...]
SHARK & RAY RESEARCH MEETING February 27, 2011 by dyertrust Alison Towner and I attended the Southern African Shark and Ray Meeting hosted by the KZN Sharks Board in mid February. The first meeting of its kind, it offered the opportunity for scientists from across the country and Mozambique the chance to present their research and share ideas. The conference also [...]