In March 2004 an article I wrote was published in the award winning environmental and conservation magazine, Africa Geographic, about the Maxine, Science, Education and Awareness programme (M-SEA), an AOCA initiative, in collaboration with the Two Oceans Aquarium. Soon thereafter Maxine was satellite tagged and released. Now five years later another article I’ve written has…
Author Archives: Lesley Rochat
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Aug
Aug
Sleeping in is difficult for me in general and more so on a beautiful day. “Jeremy, Lesley here, get your butt out of bed, it’s a stunning day and the ocean beckons!” Was the sum of my call to my good friend Jeremy Jowell, well known and talented photographer and journalist. Windmill Beach it was,…
10
Aug
Aug
It was a wild week, meeting after meeting, one demand of me after the next, new creative awareness ideas taking shape, others needing more money than there is, running late for some deadlines, squeezing in an interview with Juliet Eilperin from Washington Post for a book she is writing about sharks, and to top it…
03
Aug
Aug
It’s a beautiful day in False Bay and I’m on Mike’s boat (of Pisces Divers), heading for the seven gill shark dive. I confess I live here but for various reasons I have not done the dive yet. As a shark conservationist it has got to the embarrassing stage: “What, you haven’t dived with them…
23
Jul
Jul
Good relationships have a history of events, moments, and experiences, which have developed and accumulated over time, and mine with Shark Lady, Kim Maclean, a strong, determined, passionate and compassionate woman, is one of those.
07
Jul
Jul
I recently returned from my first break from the conservation demands this year. I had no internet connection for the majority of the trip so herewith my entries, which I will add to as I get a moment: I’m a guest of Michael Aw’s on one of his trips to South Africa to dive with…
Awards, Conservation, Shark Finning, Sharks, Sharks in Deep Trouble
SHARKS IN DEEP TROUBLE WINS AWARDS!
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Jun
Jun
Sharks in Deep Trouble has won another two awards at the International Celebrate the Sea Film Festival held in Philippines. It has been credited with five awards so far from three international festivals, and this time I won a liveaboard package in Indonesia, an underwater photographer’s dream, I can’t wait for that much needed break!…
11
Jun
Jun
It was Environmental Week last week and what a wonderful success we had at the SOSSC – we reached about 2800 learners, and a couple of hundred adults! As director of education and awareness of the SOS Shark Centre, an AfriOceans project, I promote collaboration amongst other organisations and groups to increase our success in…
07
Jun
Jun
Yesterday late afternoon as a full moon begun to rise, a small crowd of about 120 people, including Kim Mc Klean, who had driven from Hermanus especially for the event, gathered to honour the whales that were shot on the beach the weekend before. Spiritual healer and shaman, Shelley Ruth Wyndham, spoke words of wisdom…
02
Jun
Jun
I’m on horseback in the mountains in the middle of nowhere. I’ve planned this weekend away with my daughter, an avid horse rider, months back. It is our first weekend away together this year, I’ve been too busy. I make the mistake of taking my mobile. It rings. I’m notified of false killer whales beaching…