Cleaning up with DICT July 20, 2012 by dyertrust Cleaning up with DICT and the Overstrand Municipality Gansbaai Dyer Island Conservation Trust recently hosted a young dynamic group of students from the USA who assisted in a beach cleanup at Franskraal beach. We were fortunate enough to have Benjamin Kondokter from the Overstrand Municipality join us and impart his valuable knowledge. [...]
Cooking with Sustainable Marine Resources September 04, 2013 by dyertrust On Tuesday, 3rd September 2013, the internationally acclaimed MasterChef series broadcast their visit to the Dyer Island Conservation Trust. Ozzy Osman, a 22 year old accounting student from Johannesburg, was one of the final five contestants on MasterChef SA on Tuesday 27th August 2013. In this episode - aptly named End [...]
National Geographic Committee for Research and Exploration September 09, 2013 by dyertrust On the 6th September, we were privileged to have the Our time with this interesting group was far too short but we did have the opportunity to briefly present to them how our commercial operations directly benefit the Trust.
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 [...]
Thank you Tami June 26, 2012 by dyertrust The best compliment of our volunteer programme are those that return year after year. Tami Kaschke from Nebraska, US has been visiting us since 2009. She has become part of the family and her expertise and value to the team has grown. While here Tami assists with shark research and helps with functions [...]
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 [...]
