Shark & Marine Research Institute

Kelp is the largest and fastest growing brown algae, which grows in ‘underwater forests’ (kelp forests) in shallow areas. In South Africa, kelp forests are a major ecosystem that dominates the [...]

IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS WITH OCEAN DAY AND SHARK WEEK WE HAVE BEEN AS BUSY AS EVER! IT HAS ALSO COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS, COLLEGUES AND SUPPORTERS ARE NOT FULLY AWARE OF [...]

Just weeks after the results of a five-year study revealed South Africa’s great white shark population could be heading for extinction, a great white died from unknown causes on Sunday [7 August] [...]