“This internship was more than I could have ever hoped for, we’ve done so much in a month, it has been and adventure of a lifetime, I’ve grown so much as a person and certainly learned the skills in photography and environmental writing to help me become a conservationist.” Says Charlotte Bond, recent graduate from…
Category Archives: Conservation
Conservation, Diving with Sharks, Lesley Rochat, Photography, Sardine Run, shark photography, Travelling
Shark Warrior Adventures with Lesley Rochat
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May
May
The time has come to share more of my ocean adventures with others, to also impart my knowledge and skills to the next generation of young conservationist. I’m happy about this decision; it excites me and means I will be in the water more often, doing what I love most, travelling, filming and photographing, public…
Campaigns, Conservation, Diving with Sharks, Rethink the Shark, Shark Bites, Shark Nets
GET HOOKED ON CONSERVATION, BAN DRUMLINES!
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Apr
Apr
WATCH VIDEO BELOW! Wow, what a way to celebrate Earth Day and launch our new shark awareness campaign! I’ve done some pretty extreme things for shark conservation but our latest campaign, in partnership with Walter Bernardis of African Watersports who was the creative director of the campaign, the GET HOOKED ON CONSERVATION, BAN DRUMLINES, campaign…
AfriOceans Warriors, Campaigns, Conservation, Diving with Sharks, Great White Shark, Lesley Rochat, Rethink the Shark, Shark Nets
Goodbye 2013, Hello 2014!
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Jan
Jan
[doptg id=”24″] WATCH 3MINUTE SLIDE SHOW FOR VISUAL SUMMARY OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS IN 2013! Wonder what AfriOceans and I got up to during 2013, where your donations and support went to, why I didn’t answer all my emails? Well, phew is all I can say! 2013, what a year! We are in full swing with…
03
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…
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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…
03
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…