Environmental issues and discussions.
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 … Read more
How to stop the Natal Sharks Board from killing our sharks In Australia, after much debate and some sterling protesting from pro-shark activists, Colin “Cullin” Barnett eventually accepted the stupidity of drum-lining sharks to protect humans. Although this is relatively old news, the decisions were made in 2014…but there was some leeway regarding certain activities … Read more
Mick Fanning survives shark in attack in Jbay Brandon Lange down in Jbay for the contest was witness to the shark attack on Mick Fanning today. Fanning felt something touch his leg rope and so instinctively kicked back hard thereby avoiding the business end of a huge looking great white stupid, and probably saving his … Read more
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, … Read more
2015 Sardine run makes for spectacular fishing As the sardines go into hiding they leave behind shoals of eager predator fish and carparks full of eager fisherfolk chasing them. Shad still dominate the scene at most places but in some spots, like Port Alfred, they are annoyingly absent. They also have been breaking the norm … Read more
