The year of the crocodile couta

The year of the crocodile couta We were on Protea Reef off Shelley Beach, earlier this year, when the trap stick out off the nose screamed that scream. Our guest was on it in a flash,  but the fish just kept going and going,  the little TLD 25 just holding on. Eventually it stopped, and I saw that … Read more

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Banana Beach (Pistia) water lettuce invasion. Not the final word.

Banana Beach It’s been controlled chaos as so many people jumped in, all with good intentions, to help the Banana Beach estuary (Koshwana River), and it’s fishy residents, survive the water lettuce (Pistia) invasion. First there were the local surfers – who started removing the invaders, and rescuing dying fish by running them over and into … Read more

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Sardines at Sunwich Port: Photograph

Sardines at Sunwich Port: Photograph Janet of Orca’s Bar and Restaurant, in Sunwich Port, keeps a sharp vigil for marine life passing by. Here she captured one of the many shoals of sardines – that are causing quite a stir down on the KZN Lower South Coast, at the moment. Janet has a machine of … Read more

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Netted Whale Shark: Oh so that’s what’s been happening…Duh?

Netted Whale Shark: Oh so that’s what’s been happening…? Duh? So, since I started working in the Inhambane waters, 7 years back…I would say the decline in whale shark encounters I have had, has been about 90%. I mean, this whole last trip myself and Roosta just did, for 12 days, Ponto D’ Ouro to Pomene, … Read more

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Shell and Lego: Awesome?

Shell and Lego: Awesome? Read all about it… http://time.com/2976549/this-is-why-people-are-so-upset-at-lego/ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/01/greenpeace-lego-shell-partnership-toys-oil-arctic And then you can do something about it: helping to stop Shell from drilling for oil in the Arctic…sign here… https://act.greenpeace.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1844&ea.campaign.id=29635 Polluting kids minds…right from the start…? Valid point…sign away…  

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