My Dad use to say to me when discussing my career, “Les, you mustn’t worry my girl, you are very blessed because you do such good things and when you do good, good follows, just be patient.”
Author Archives: Lesley Rochat
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Apr
Apr
[doptg id=”16″] I am writing this blog article to put on record my opinions of the whale stranding that happened on 24 March 2013 on Noorhoek beach, Cape Town. Though I was quoted in the press and appeared on various national TV news stations, the press is notorious for either misquoting one or using select…
AfriOceans, Campaigns, Lesley Rochat, Shark Nets
Proposed removal of Shark Nets from Aliwal Shoal in South Africa
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Feb
Feb
I am writing this blog to give clarity to a misleading post on the Shark Angels website which claimed that the nets would be removed from the Aliwal Shoal, Park Rynie and Scottburgh. There are still many conflicting statements going around so for what it’s worth I herewith share what I have: Early the next…
AfriOceans Warriors, Deep Free Dive For Sharks, Diving with Sharks, Lesley Rochat, Shark Nets, shark photography, Sharks
Goodbye 2012! Hello 2013!
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Jan
Jan
[doptg id=”15″] It’s time to get stuck in to 2013 and loads of conservation work, but before doing so I would like to reflect back on 2012: what did we achieve (the organisation I founded, AfriOceans Conservation Alliance, and my team and me), how can we improve, how can we have better impact? These are…
Deep Free Dive For Sharks, Diving with Sharks, Rethink the Predator, shark photography
Shark Photography at Tiger Beach
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Dec
Dec
[doptg id=”14″] “You’re living the dream Lesley!” was a comment on my Facebook wall when I announced I would be returning to the Tiger Beach in the Bahamas, a place that offers the best opportunities for shark photography. I’ve held an underwater camera for almost as long as I have been diving, which is over…
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Sep
Sep
[doptg id=”10″] As I write I can hear the shark siren going off at Fish Hoek beach – summer is in the air and white sharks are moving closer inshore, water-users are warned to be careful, act responsibly and adhere to safety warnings please. Exclusion nets are on the cards for a section of Fish…
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May
May
Soon after the loss of five tiger sharks and one white shark in the shark nets in the marine protected area (MPA) of the Aliwal Shoal, Cormac McCreesh told me he was organizing a ‘paddle out’ in honor of all the sharks and other marine life killed in the nets, similar to the paddle out…
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May
May
For too long the shark nets of KwaZulu Natal have been killing our sharks and other innocent marine life. They are no more than indiscriminate walls of death. The Kwa-Zulu Natal Sharks Board themselves, no more than a fishing company who catch and kill marine life with archaic gill nets (and drumlines), which are banned…
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Apr
Apr
Over the past decade a growing movement of conservationists have succeeded in stopping shark fishing and/or the trade in shark fins in certain parts of the world. South Africa, however, a country home to over 100 different species of sharks (excluding rays and skates), and a place considered a shark diving Mecca of the world,…
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Feb
Feb
I’ve just got to say it: I love my job, I really do. It’s not really a job in the normal sense of the word, it’s my vocation and my passion lived through a portfolio of titles, or rather hats I wear. I’ve become pretty adept in swapping and changing them at lightening speed many…