The theodolite tracking is running like a well-oiled machine October 31, 2012 by dyertrust The theodolite tracking is running like a well-oiled machine and the team has seen sightings of humpback whales almost every week. These animals seem to have changed focus from migration to social behaviour. They spend much more time breaching and their pattern is not as predicable as [...]
Acoustic tagged shark number 10 October 09, 2012 by dyertrust Finally, the long days of Masters thesis writing chaos have subsided for both myself and my co scientist Oliver Jewell, which means more time for acoustic tracking (I never though Id cherish the noise of those continuously pinging radio transmitters so much!). During this month of September we managed to successfully [...]
Shark tagging programme update April 20, 2011 by dyertrust March and April have been really exciting months with regards to the DICT white shark tagging programme. We left off on this blog last time introducing Nina our fourth tagged 2.3m female shark. After tagging her in the shallows at the end of January, she made her way to Dyer Island where [...]
Killer whales in Dyer Island area September 14, 2012 by dyertrust What is that? Is it splashes from a boat? Is it the wind coming in? NO! It is hundreds of common dolphins swimming into the bay!!! From the top of the water tower we can see up to 15km on a good day with clear visibility. On this unique day [...]
Visit our biologists at the Hermanus Whale Festival September 25, 2012 by dyertrust Once again it is the Hermanus Whale Festival. Hope to see you at the Marine Endangered Species Expo for some interesting talks and displays. See the programme below or go to
Introducing our 2nd Leeds Uni masters candidate June 20, 2012 by dyertrust Lauren Duffield - University of Leeds I am originally from Birmingham in the UK, and have spent the past four years at the University of Leeds, having completed my undergraduate degree (BSc Hons. Ecology and Environmental Biology) in July of 2011. I began my masters degree (MRes Biodiversity and [...]
Trust hosts leading scientists June 11, 2012 by dyertrust  Trust hosts leading scientists at Second African Marine Mammal Colloquium - 21-24 May 2012 Critically important new conservation initiatives introduced Researchers from 22 organizations recently met at, The Great White House, Gansbaai headquarters of the Dyer Island Conservation Trust (DICT)to discuss the research urgently needed to protect important populations of marine [...]
Stranded white shark on the shore of Dyer Island On Wednesday 20 June 2012, the Dyer Island Conservation Trust (dict.org.za/old) in Gansbaai was alerted to a stranded white shark on the shore of Dyer Island by commercial cage dive operator White Shark Projects. The first attempt at recovery late Thursday afternoon was halted by strong winds and large swells. The second [...]
Interns help tag a great white shark November 26, 2012 by dyertrust One of the most exciting events that an intern here gets to participate in is the tagging of a great white shark. On the morning of 3 November, we were asked to perform this task. Oliver Jewell is the manages our intern group and is also one of the [...]
Gigantic calves and thinner mothers! November 26, 2012 by dyertrust Gradually as the calves are getting larger (both longer and thicker)their mothers are getting thinner! The mothers do not feed while they are here off the South African coast, but sustain themselves from their thick layer of blubber, which they build up while they are feeding in the Sub-Antarctic waters from [...]