Estuary Care Articles
AGM
Please join us for our Annual General Meeting Date: Monday 30th DecemberTime: 10:00Venue: Kenton Town Hall Guest speaker: Dr Louw Claassens, Programme Director: Knysna Basin Project Topic: Conserving the Critically Endangered Estuarine PipefishDr Claassens and a...
Exploring our Estuaries – the book
Exploring our Estuaries: a book for residents and visitors to Kenton on Sea & Boesmansriviermond. This is the cover of our book about the Kariega and Boesmans estuaries. Please join us for the launch of the book at the House Planner on Monday 16th December 2019...
Marcella (Shelley) Marinelli’s Plaque at Shelly Bay
You might recall that Marcella Marinelli’s plaque above Shelly Bay was relocated last year. As a follow up our Chairman, Ted Gilfillan who is a committee member of the Bushman’s Kariega Trust (BKT) reports that: ‘The committee of the Bushman’s Kariega Trust first...
High Seas & Resultant Damage
Due to a gale force westerly wind which coincided with the high spring tide on 30th October, Kenton and Boesmans experienced exceptionally high seas and storm surges.Thank you Lydia Palmer for the above videos The seawalls along Middle Beach were severely damaged...
Some of our ongoing activities
Dave Curran continues to coordinate the team of volunteers who transport members of the Department of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries (DEFF) on inspection trips up both estuaries. Unfortunately, DEFF wardens are not available during December because of other...
A few reminders for the holiday season
It is the time of year again when Kenton and Boesmans fill up with visitors and both estuaries are put to maximum use. Please be aware of and abide by the rules for using a boat on the estuaries. Make sure you have the relevant licenses and are aware of the...
To leave or to pick up
There is endless, often heated debate about dog faeces on the beach and in and around our estuaries. We hear ‘leave it, its biodegradable’, ’just bury it’, ‘throw it into the sea or estuary….’. Then there’s the debate on whether it should be covered in sand and...
Biodegradable and/or compostable plastic solutions
Annabé Pretorius of Plastix 911 says; The easiest is to look at the environmental message on the bag – the environmental claim. If they are genuinely biodegradable, it will have reference to any of the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) or EU...
Hot off the press:
Remember the nurdle spill in Durban Harbour in 2017. Click here to read "What is a Nurdle"Thank you to the Sunday Times for allowing us to repost this article. (To view a larger copy of the below article, please click...
The Critically Endangered Estuarine Pipefish
Dr Louw Claassens is the Programme Director for the Knysna Basin Project, a small NGO based in Knysna. (www.knysnabasinproject.co.za). She approached Estuary Care for possible assistance in conducting research into the critically endangered estuarine pipefish...
