by Rabia Mathakutha | Jun 30, 2025 | ALSA, Antarctica, Antarctica (SANAE IV), DPS, Environment, LTO-Land, Marion Island, NRF-SAEON, SANAP, SAPRI, Southern Ocean, Sub-Antarctic, Uncategorized
This year’s Open Day of the S.A. Agulhas II, hosted by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), took place in Durban following the return of South Africa’s very own research and logistics vessel from sub-Antarctic Marion Island. For over a...
by Rabia Mathakutha | Apr 30, 2025 | Data, Environment, LTO-Land, LTO-Ocean, SAPRI, Uncategorized
Where have South Africa’s white sharks gone? And where do they go when orcas move in? These are two of the most frequent and pressing questions we’re asked following the dramatic and well-documented disappearance of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) from...
by Rabia Mathakutha | Jan 31, 2025 | Conference, DPS, Environment, Lecture/Seminar, LTO-Land, LTO-Ocean, SANAP, Workshop/Training
The Marine and Coastal Educators Network (MCEN) hosted its 24th annual national conference from 19-24 January 2025 in Mossel Bay, Western Cape. As a coordinating body within the South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research (SANCOR) and funded by the National...
by Rabia Mathakutha | Jun 6, 2024 | Antarctica, LTO-Land, SANAP, SAPRI, Southern Ocean, Sub-Antarctic
The South African Polar Research Infrastructure (SAPRI) participated in the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s (DFFE) annual relief voyage to the sub-Antarctic Marion Island over a period of six weeks, between the months of April and May 2024. The...
