Ocean News

Last week the horizon for Atlantic bluefin tuna grew somewhat darker. Despite dwindling stocks and concerns of extinction, The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) decided only to reduce quotas by approximately one third instead of suspending the fishery altogether. The aim of limiting tuna catches is to help…

100 Heartbeats is a 2-hour documentary hosted by famed biologist and television personality, Jeff Corwin, which investigates the plight of our planet’s most endangered wildlife species and the conservation heroes trying to save them. Save Our Seas Foundation biologist Alison Kock is one of those heroes. Her life’s dedication to…

We are hard at work shooting our latest Riddle Solvers episode – The Shark Riddle – taking us on a quest to find a tooth from the greatest living fish, much bigger than the rest.  As a backdrop for this story, we traveled to the beautiful and rugged Oregon coast…

On Thursday we were visited by 25 trainees from Metrorail who will be involved with promoting tourism and who needed to learn about the various tourist attractions within easy access of the train route. They were brought to the centre by Keith Edwards. He visited last week to discuss possibilities…

Great white sharks are capable of travelling large distances over relatively short periods of time, but a recent publication has found that the white sharks of the North Pacific have over time formed a genetically distinct population despite their ability to undertake transoceanic migrations. Essentially there is no interbreeding between…

Could it be that the world’s brainiest fish is able to remember a good deed and show gratitude? An experience by SOSF project leader Guy Stevens certainly seems to point that way. On a recent dive, he found and freed a giant manta caught in some fishing line. Incredibly the…

Our 2009 white shark season was the worst shark season, in terms of shark activity, I have experienced in all my time working at Seal Island. Not only did the sharks arrive later than usual this year, but they left earlier than usual too and the average number of sharks…

This week SOSF scientists Dr. Rupert Ormond and Dr. Mauvis Gore join other shark researchers in the Cayman Islands to work with the Department of Environment on a collaborative project that aims to survey the islands’ elasmobranch and cetacean populations. The team also includes Oliver Dubock, from Marine Conservation International,…

In a unique first for Cape Town, South Africa, Save our Seas Shark Centre and Consider Us, a UNEP Initiative joined hands with 600 Rainbow Kids to send a resounding message to the world on Camps Bay beach, Cape Town on the Global Day of Climate Action, Saturday 24 October…

From Charles Cover and the rest of the End of the Line team comes another way to exercise your purchasing power as a consumer to support sustainable fisheries with their new website fish2fork.com. On the site you can search restaurants by name and location and view their good or bad…

Save Our Seas Shark Centre and Jungle Theatre took the “Shark Dreams” play to 1000 Primary School children in Cape Town.  We traveled to Turfhall Primary in Hanover Park and Klipfontein Primary in Bonteheuwel this past week. The play based on the book Sue finds Happy Eddie, was written by…

Save our Seas Shark Centre staff training pays dividends Terry and Zanele underwent two days of First Aid training with EMT (Emergency Rescue Training); and little did they know how soon their training would be put into practice. As a public venue we are often the first call – be…

Camps Bay Beach, Cape Town, Saturday 24 October 2009. As the helicopters filming the 350 action on Camps Bay beach buzzed overhead today, the excitement was fever pitch with teenagers running everywhere. What looked like organized chaos was actually a well orchestrated attempt to move everyone into position to form…

Tonight sees the second annual fundraising event in Fort Lauderdale. The Pacific Rim themed party will include a charity raffle and auction, live band, magician and a fashion show featuring Save Our Seas clothing. Details: Saturday 24 October 2009 From 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm RSVP: oct24@penumbramarine.com Address: 3700 Block…

<!– Start 350.org banner –> Saturday 24 October 2009 is Global Day for Climate Action and the Save our Seas Shark Centre are joining hands with Consider Us, a UNEP initiative, to help promote the global call for action demonstrated by children worldwide.  From 2pm to 5pm on Camps Bay…