The thornback ray belongs in the habitat along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium, but has almost disappeared here due to overfishing. The species […]
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21
Nov
2018
Kimberley Goes South-Africa: Looking Back!
When I signed up for the internship of 3 months I was really looking forward to it, but I also wondered if it was not […]
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01
Nov
2018
Kimberley in SA: big sharks at last!
Time flies. Another 2,5 week and then my stay here comes to an end… Fortunately, we have had many days at sea in the past […]
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18
Oct
2018
Shark bytes – EEA 2018 conference summary
This past weekend the European Elasmobranch Association conference was held in Peniche, Portugal. The Saturday started with a talk by keynote speaker Gavin Naylor, on […]
More / MeerWhat a great way to start the week!!! After the big beach-cleanup in Hermanus we did a ‘volunteer only trip’. This means that only volunteers […]
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19
Sep
2018
Shark & Rays back into the North Sea: First tagged thornback ray recaptured and registered!
Project Partners WWF NL, Sportvisserij Nederland, Dutch Shark Society, Blue Linked and The NorthSea Foundation report: The first tagged thornback ray has surfaced, both in […]
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16
Sep
2018
Kimberley goes SA: a cake, kids and sharks!
The first real week of the 21 ocean days. A busy week, and actually we did a beach clean-up almost every day! Something that is […]
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22
Aug
2018
Kimberley saw her first great white shark!
In the first two days, I explored Cape Town and visited the Two Oceans Aquarium, before I was joined by other volunteers and we were picked up […]
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12
Aug
2018
Kimberley goes South Africa!
Kimberley Deumer is going to South Africa for an internship with White Shark Projects. She’ll be there from August 13 till November 2. White Shark […]
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18
Jun
2018
They’re back! Come visit our rays!
In the winter months it was too cold to release the young animals in the North Sea. We started releasing again when the water temperature […]
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