South African Elasmobranch Monitoring

Climate change is a term many are now familiar with as the Earth’s surface temperature continues to rise at a rate that has doubled since...

I’d like you to pause and ponder the following question: how do we tell different animal species apart? At first glance you might think...

In South Africa we are incredibly lucky to have a rich diversity of life in our oceans – from the cold-water fishery species on the West...

If I asked you to name different sharks that occur along the South African coastline, I'm sure you could name some of the biggest and...

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important spatial planning tool and we are expecting a few changes in our existing MPA network in...

Sharks and rays commonly wash out on our beaches. There are a number of potential reasons for such strandings, but in most cases it is...

How many species of sharks, skates, rays and chimaera can you name? Maybe 5 or 20 or even 50? There are 1188 known species of...

The establishment of marine reserves is an increasingly important planning tool for conservation. To maximize the effectiveness of such...