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Posted on July 20, 2015 by Sean Lange — Leave a comment

ORI: 30 Years of tagging fish

ORI: 30 Years of tagging fish

A press release from Stuart Dunlop of ORI (Oceanographic Research Institute) announces 30 years of tagging fish in and southern African waters.

“The Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project (ORI-CFTP) was the brain-child of past ORI Director Rudy van der Elst and was initiated in 1984. After 30 years this project is still going strong and is undoubtedly one of the most enduring and successful environmental projects of its kind in South Africa. This celebration is most significant for this long term project and it is a great opportunity to learn more about its achievements over the past 30 years and its plans for the future.”

And invites you along for a gathering to celebrate this worthy milestone…

Please join us in celebrating 30 years of citizen science and the amazing contribution made by the angling public.

Date: 25 August 2015

Time: 17h30 for 18h00

Venue: Len Bauman Conference Hall, uShaka Marine World (1 King Shaka Avenue, Point, Durban)

Programme:

18h00 – Welcome refreshments on arrival

18h30 – Introduction by SAAMBR CEO, Larry Oellermann

18h40 – Presentation by Bruce Mann: 30 years of tagging and citizen science: an overview

19h15- Presentation by Stuart Dunlop: Current achievements and where to from here

19h45- A guided walk around the aquarium

Please respond by Tuesday 14th August 2015 to Ramini (ramini@ori.org.za / 031 328 8178) if you will be attending as seats are limited. Partners are welcome.

Posted on July 18, 2015July 20, 2015 by Jason Heyne — Leave a comment

Jason Heyne Dive Report for KZN

Jason Heyne Dive Report for KZN

Jason Heyne is our man on the underwater scene – he has been patrolling the waters of the KZN coastline for decades now and knows all the nooks and crannies, kooks and nannies and everyone in on the dive scene. Thanks Jason!

Awesome sea conditions this week with the best viz on the south coast up to 25m! Garrick are still hunting the points and shoals of Queen mackerel are patrolling a bit deeper. The daga salmon have been around with some trophy fish being shot. Well done to AJ on getting his first daga salmon weighing in at a respectable 35 kg! The weather and sea conditions are looking great for Saturday with a 1.2m swell running and light variable winds. Sunday the swell picks up to 1.4m with a light south Wester blowing. The second and final day of the Natal Shorediving champs is being held on Saturday with the weigh in at PWC (DUC)16H00. Good luck!

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Jason Heyne — Leave a comment

Natal Shore Dive Champs, easterlies and big swells

Natal Shore Dive Champs, easterlies and big swells

The sea conditions have not been great this week with very few fish coming out. Big swell and variable wind direction has turned the sea into a washing machine. The forecast for Saturday is not good with a 15 knt plus northeast blowing and up to 2m swell. Swell and wind drop Sunday morning with a south Wester picking up in the afternoon. The natal shore dive champs got off to a good start on Saturday and a little birdie told me that after the first day there’s not much points difference between positions 1 through to 4. The second dive day has been moved to next weekend due to the sea conditions not being favourable this weekend.

Posted on July 9, 2015July 9, 2015 by Sean Lange — Leave a comment

Where are the sardines 2015?

Where are the sardines 2015?

The word in the carpark, up and down the KZN coastlines is that we should not give up hope, for a second coming, of sardines this year.

In fact, today brought with it an entirely new ocean, with lovely polished swells coming out of the south, a stiff offshore breeze, and most excitingly, birds. Gannets and terns were buzzing the bay off Port Shepstone, some deep diving going on. It was too difficult to see what exactly had the birds so piqued, but they in turn, attracted no less than 7 boats, from the Shelley Beach ski-boat competition, being run out of there, this week. Looking for a big ‘couta, or live bait, to start with…it’s been many a moon since we saw so many boats on the backline. Looked like the couta seasons back when there still were some couta left around here (they have been spotted, in numbers, in the Meditaranean, in case you were getting worried).

Environmentally we have all the right conditions forecast, to bring the sea temperature down (howling easterlies predicted for this week), and then to come through with big seas, from the south – this is the front that brings us our strongest chance of netting a few more sards.

So, later in July and early August, and sometimes they even only come through in September!?

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Sean Lange — Leave a comment

Jason Heyne spearfishing report

Jason Heyne spearfishing report

Although this was from Friday, the gallery gives you a clear look at what is going on up and down the North and South Coast of KZN Natal.

“The conditions this week have been fair with the game fish action being sporadic and the sardines not really putting in a showing. Apparently the garrick are coming out again south and some cuda and snoek north. Broderick had a good day today with snoek cuda and even a GT! There is good viz up and down the coast but ground surge is quite heavy and some swell and a north east wind predicted tomorrow. Sunday looks awesome conditions wise. Good luck to everyone diving the natal champs shore dive comp tomorrow.” – by Jason Heyne