Wild Coast Warriors
“We need to get into action!”
Bay Action Network Alliance (BANA) picks up speed and makes it clear during its official launch Wednesday night, Nov. 1, 2023, at the Port of Port Elizabeth that there is no more time to waste in facing environmental issues together. “We need to get into action,” notes Lloyd Edwards, chairman of BANA and owner of […]
Bay Action Network Alliance Launch
Bay Action Network Alliance is excited to finally officially launch on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at PEDSAC in Port Elizabeth. We welcome friends, members of the press, and of course, anyone who would like to join us and look forward to an exciting, informative evening.
Jeffrey’s Bay, Shell Museum
The talk was hosted by the Jeffreys Bay Shell Museum. The Museum was opened in 1998 to house the collection of a local Me Charlotte Kritzinger, and over time has been enhanced, through donations and exchanges and now houses over 600 shells from around the world making it one of the largest collections in South […]
PAAZA, Summerstrand
We were invited to be the Keynote talk at the opening of the PAAZA conference held at Summerstand in PE. The theme for the conference was conservation through collaboration and the talk fitted well with this theme. The hosts for this year’s conference were East London Aquarium and Bay world (port Elizabeth Museum). The Pan […]
Midland’s forum
This talk was like visiting old friends for me as I have known this organization for six years. Presenting all of the show and tell via an online talk was a bit of a challenge. One of the things we have strived to do this year is make Fluke visible so that people can see […]
Mossel Bay, Station 15 NSRI
We followed the cold front from the Cape to Mossel Bay and on the coldest wettest, windiest day we would like to thank everyone who arrived for the talks. The event was sold out and there were 50 people on the waiting list. The talk was hosted by Station 15 and they provided everyone with […]
Dehoop Nature Reserve
Dehoop Nature Reserve is the largest reserve managed by Cape Nature. We were invited by Dehoop Collections to talk to their marine guides and guests. Dehoop is renowned for their land-based whale watching and we spent an afternoon watching 17 Southern Right whale mother and calves including two albinos and one humpback literally in the […]
Bredasdorp, Public Library
Although removed from the sea Bredasdorp hosts the Shipwreck Museum right next door to the library and the link with the community and the ocean is strong. Fluke visited the Southernmost tip of Africa on World Drowning Prevention Day, and this was the Southern most point for Fluke on this year’s journey. Fluke was also […]
Port St John, Spotted Grunter
The Umzimbubu River was the backdrop for the talk tonight. The group for tonight were really interested as they had spent the entire day out on the water looking for and finding bait balls, sardines, sharks, whales and dolphins. They arrived with numerous questions and the question-and-answer session was almost as long as the talk. […]