Ocean Watch
Coastal Resilience Reporting Project
Providing the tools and training to write well-researched articles on what could be one of the biggest stories of our lives.
Time to sharpen up African climate journalism
Young scientists offered training in coastal resilience reporting
Tales you lose: Why Wild Coast blasting rattles the sea’s great migrating whales
A stretch of coast earmarked for seismic surveys – and potentially oil and gas extraction – lies on a long route followed by humpback whales.
Why FADS far from fab
Fish aggregating devices pose a growing threat to ocean life and South Africa’s marine protected areas are caught in the net too.
MPAs: Still a wade to go
A sense of exclusion among coastal communities could hold back the drive to extend marine protected areas.
From fear to fascination
How Grant learnt to love the men in grey suits
Southern Ocean seal species increasingly straying into South African waters
Marine experts are still trying to find out why there has been an increase in the number of species of seals on South African shores over the past two years.
Red Fish Down: Marine protected areas are critical to the future of South Africa’s iconic reef species
How we consume seafood has become an implicitly political act.
Shutterbugs rally to save our seas
A first ever Marine Protected Areas photographic competition – to put people in the picture about the value of conserving our ocean environment – is under way in South Africa.
No horsing around… Why this little guy really is top of the pops
You may have already told your dad he is super, but how does he stack up next to a seahorse?
