Marine biologist, Alison Towner visits the U.KNovember 15, 2011 by dyertrustDuring the last two weeks of October, I was lucky enough to visit the UK, courtesy of Marine Dynamics and The Dyer Island Conservation Trust. My aim, as with previous years, was to promote shark diving and South Africa as a destination to the British diving community at the Dive show [...]
The National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) supports DICTNovember 15, 2011 by dyertrustDICT was recently awarded a grant of R562 500 (Five hundred and sixty two thousand five hundred rand) from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF). The funding has been granted to help with operational costs including salaries and web administration; support great white shark research; the development and [...]
Blue Flag Beach Programme in partnership with DICTNovember 15, 2011 by dyertrustThe Dyer Island Conservation Trust (DICT) in association with Overstrand Municipality, Gansbaai Administration established the Fishing Line Recovery Program (FLRP) in 2010 along the Gansbaai shoreline, with specially designed disposal bins. This innovative project aims to reduce the severe environmental damage caused by discarded fishing line on our coastline. Monofilament [...]
2011 International Coastal CleanupNovember 15, 2011 by dyertrustHere are the results of the South African 2011 International Coastal Cleanup (click on picture to download results). We have seen growth in numbers and our impact and it is only thanks to people wanting to make a difference. Marine debris serves as the scream of a social problem of littering and not caring. [...]
August is a busy month with our volunteers and interns September 18, 2011 by dyertrust August was a great month for the volunteers and interns. We had loads of sea time and little time on land. Sharon and Stephen from the UK, was our first married couple to join our programme. They were a real asset to our programme and always [...]
WHALE FESTIVAL 24-27 SEPTEMBERSeptember 23, 2009 by dyertrustDICTwill be at the Whale Festival 24-27 September in Hermanus, at the Enviro Expo marquee on the lawn in front of the Village Square Waterfront Piazza.Fascinating talks on the Marine Big 5 will be held on the Saturday and SundayToreadmore& see the scheduled programme go to.Gansbaai,Western Cape,South Africa15th-18thApril 2009The 2ndInternational African Penguin Conference, organized [...]
ABSA DONATES MATERIAL TO NOLWANDLE CRAFTSSeptember 16, 2009 by dyertrustABSA Gansbaai handed over a generous donation.The Nolwandle Crafts Project was established by theThe whales migrate from their feeding grounds in the Antarctic region to the South African coastline for their annual breeding/calving season. Whale activity should soon start picking up in the next month or so with the appearance of mating [...]
WHALE STRANDING AT ROMANSBAAI September 15, 2009 by dyertrust A false killer whale was found deceased on Monday 1 June 2009 stranded at a beach in Romansbaai in the Western Cape. The Dyer Island Conservation Trust was alerted of the stranding and arrived at the scene to photograph the animal and to take vital measurements and samples to be analysed by [...]
DYER ISLAND CONSERVATION TRUST HONOURED FOR WORK AT BOULDERS September 12, 2009 by dyertrust IKapa Honourary Rangers hand over 200 penguin nests On 3 March 2009, the iKapa Honourary Rangers handed over 200 artificial penguin nests, specially designed by the Dyer Island Conservation Trust (DICT), to the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) in an attempt to boost the Boulders Beach African [...]
AFRICAN PENGUIN AMBASSADORS IN ZOOS AND AQUARIA December 19, 2008 by dyertrust The 25th Annual Conference of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria was hosted by Antwerp Zoo in Belgium from the 16 to 20 September 2008. The Dyer Island Conservation Trust was invited to address the Penguin group on the wild African Penguins. Wilfred Chivell and Lauren Waller attended [...]