The fishing report portal featuring news from all over our fishing world….
Hemel en Aarde threatened on the Onrus River Professor Anthony Turton is on the scene in Onrus. Where a veritable environmental catastrophe is playing out in the rightly named Hemel en Aarde Valley. Just upriver from Onrus Estuary. This article and accompanying video explain the situation in relevant detail. There are many lessons to be … Read more
Sewage takes the Vaal River Sewage takes the Vaal River: as the main artery through the Vaal system, this vitally important river performs many vital biological functions. Many animals and organisms rely on the Vaal River for survival. So that they can in turn perform their recipricol biological functions. This is how the environment keeps … Read more
Red tides are mainly caused by Sewage Red tides are mainly caused by Sewage: Sewage = nutrients. Nutrients + warm temperatures = exponential growth of biomass. A red tide is known scientifically as an HAB, or Harmful Algae Bloom. Red tides have also occurred in the wild where no human sewage occurs. But this red … Read more
Rock Salmon: how far upriver do they swim? Rock Salmon: how far upriver do they swim?: In this quick study, we get a few numbers wrong…but you get the picture at the end. This day, we were doing some 3D work at the very top of the Umzimkulu Estuary. We were on the St. Helens … Read more
What causes a red tide? What causes a red tide?: When the images of the red tide started popping up on my screen, of a possible red tide off the KZN coast, I never believed it and called BS. I mean, we have the mighty Agulhas current right? Travelling at a heady 6 knots, north … Read more
