National Marine Month
Song Of the Spindle from Drew Christie on Vimeo. As part of an awareness for the start of National Marine Month, here is a wonderful video by Drew Christie showing our connection with whales and cetaceans. Please watch and share with all your friends. This video was found on the Green Renaissance blog. According to [...]
First Humpback Whales Spotted
There is always great excitement when the first of the migrating Humpback Whales is spotted off our coast in KZN. With a report from Advantage Tours of a recent sighting now is the time to start planning your outing to see these amazing and endangered giants. They have a guarantee of your money back if [...]
Ocean Facts
Facts and figures Here are some interesting facts about our oceans, and how they can help us reach our goals for meeting energy demand, while at the same time help combat climate change. We do after all live on a water planet, isn’t it time we woke up to the fact we cant keep on [...]
Our Oceans – Blue Gold
The latest news from IUCN urges us to take heed of the need to protect our oceans, not purely for sustaining our current consumption but for the future potential benefits that science is only beginning to understand. The following article is from the IUCN News and projects newsletter and is worth a read: The oceans [...]
Coral Reef
A number of publications are available from IUCN down-loadable in pdf. I came across a great one on coral reefs, and with Sodwana as our backyard with its collection of 14 rocky reefs I thought I would highlight some of the interesting facts. Sodwana is one of the most southern coral reefs in the world, [...]
TURTLES of SOUTH AFRICA Turtle biology, information and pictures.
Five species of turtle have been recorded in South African waters. The olive ridley turtle – Lepidochelys olivacia – is the most rare and is hardly ever encountered. Each species of turtle specialises in feeding on different prey, thus they ensure that they do not compete with each other for food and space. Turtles rely [...]
Sustainable Seafood
The WWF sponsored SASSI, or Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative, have published a guide to enable consumers to play an active role in protecting our heritage, the oceans. Always seen as a bottomless resource, the reality is far from this as we continue to exploit our oceans, depleting stocks in an unsustainable manner. We can [...]
Sharks of South Africa
The shark species found off our South African coast are discussed briefly here in an article by Oceans Africa – browse their site and consider joining a shark diving tour with them and learn what they are doing to conserve our ancient predators of the deep. “Some ninety-eight species of shark may be found in [...]
