South African Shark Conservancy

Ecosystem-based Shark Research • Field School & Training via the #SharkAcademy • Organised Educational Programs

[Yannis Papastamatiou @Dr_Yannis]

New paper lead by Alison Towner documents how killer whales likely caused white sharks to leave a South African aggregation site, and some of the subsequent impacts.
https://t.co/0HC8dfGxHN

[South African Shark Conservancy @OfficialSASC]

Successful fishing day for our interns 🦈

[Suzanne Mills @SuzanneCMills]

Its official: Clownfish 1 : Shark 0.
We caught clownfish mobbing (tail biting) a passing blacktip reef shark on video in our short paper out today by @jules_schligler @r_beldade & Agathe Blandin @criobe_pf @EPHE_PSL Enjoy the video!
https://t.co/XiPxkPXH5u

[Fish in the News @FishInTheNews]

𝑆𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑟ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑗𝑜𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 - A New Species of #Catshark (#Carcharhiniformes: #Scyliorhinidae) from the Izu Islands, #Japan published in @Zootaxa.
🔒 https://t.co/Sp6UksePDx

[Dr. Neil Hammerschlag @DrNeilHammer]

1/6 🚨New Research Paper Alert🚨 : “Loss of an apex predator in the wild induces physiological and behavioural changes in prey” // please #retweet #academictwitter #sharks #oceans #science #ecology #predators #research https://t.co/iTMZNHw5Ej

[South African Shark Conservancy @OfficialSASC]

Beautiful day to go snorkeling 🦈
#sharks #sharkscience #conservation #marinebiologist #oceanlover #wildlife #snorkeling #fieldtrip #sunnyday #capetown #hermanus #southafrica #internship #volunteer #studentlife

[South African Shark Conservancy @OfficialSASC]

Making some chum to catch more sharkies 🦈🦈
#sharkscience #sharks #hermanus #southafrica #internship #volunteer #sasc #marinebiologist #conservation #sharkacademy #chum #sunnyday #womeninsharkscience #oceanscience #internshipopportunity #bestlife #travel #labday

[South African Shark Conservancy @OfficialSASC]

We won’t let the weather stop us from catching sharks 💪🏻 #shark #sharkscience #womeninsharkscience #SASC #SouthAfrica #hermanus #marinebiologist #fishinglife #internship #volunteering #Travel #CapeTown #RainyDay #catshark #sharkacademy #conservation

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

Running a lab during the pandemic

[South African Shark Conservancy @OfficialSASC]

What better way to start off a week than by a successful snorkeling trip?
#sharkscience #marinebiologist #internship #volunteer #SouthAfrica #fieldtrip #snorkeling #funday #sharks #endemicspecies #travel #mondaymood #workday #hermanus #sharkconservancy #catchandrelease #sasc

[Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @BonnConvention]

Now it is time for #sharks and #rays at #CMSCOP13!

Sharks and rays are caught in high numbers as #bycatch. Significant additional efforts are needed to reduce bycatch and to improve the conservation status of these species!

👉https://t.co/ayTue7Oyq4

[Taryn Murray @murray_taryn]

If you know of a passionate student in #SouthAfrica looking to do a funded-MSc project, please let them know!

#MarineMonday #marinescience #seascapeecology

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[Nicholas Dulvy @NickDulvy]

#bigdata brought to bear on critical conservation question. If we have to use #mpas how big should they be for wide ranging reef sharks?#sharkraympa led by @SharkColin @MichelleHeupel

[South African Shark Conservancy @OfficialSASC]

@madforsharks @MeagAShark @gjosgood @baumlab @WWFSouthAfrica @moving_sushi Amazing team effort!

[South African Shark Conservancy @OfficialSASC]

Thrilled that our 2nd paper in as many months will be out soon! A huge thanks to all our interns for making the #WalkerBay sampling possible & to @WWFSouthAfrica for funding the #MPA component & @moving_sushi for the jawsome collaboration!

[Meaghen McCord @MeagAShark]

Just in: paper by @gjosgood, @baumlab & I on using #sharks as ☂️ spp to conserve #biodiversity in #southafrica has been accepted! Our 2nd paper from a fantastic, collaborative #BRUV study. Special thanks to @WWFSouthAfrica, @moving_sushi, @OfficialSASC team & Kogelberg fishers

[South African Shark Conservancy @OfficialSASC]

@SJC_fishy @RFBFisheries @wildfocused @AmandaJeanson @sci_angler @FisheriesRobert @FishForward @RArlinghausFish @EvaThorstad @jlizzy1960 @venturellilab @SeanT1979 @fishconserve Do we get an eco webinar about this? Would love to hear more!

[Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab]

Our new paper in PNAS is out! Thanks to @hilbornr for his years of leadership on this massive effort, and to @TrevorABranch Coilin Minto, Ana Parma, Mike Melnychuk, and so many other wonderful colleagues on this team effort. https://t.co/iuxrY0CFZn

[South African Shark Conservancy @OfficialSASC]

@hannahsrudd Fintastic!

[South African Shark Conservancy @OfficialSASC]

So proud of our most recent paper, which has been the result of fantastic multifaceted collaboration! @WWFSouthAfrica @moving_sushi

[Dr. Alison Kock @UrbanEdgeSharks]

TAKE A LOOK: Massive 'super-groups' of whales are travelling along SA's West Coast ⁦@JayCaboz⁩ ⁦@businessinsider⁩ #whaleconservation #marineresearch @sanparks https://t.co/GuYH5IYFZx