over for the year

So the rsmarinesa website is still offline, and I haven’t downloaded the satellite images for this year’s run. When I do, I will do a synoposis of the run, but that is low on the list of priorities. Although everybody is packing up for the year, the run continues in Port St Johns. Now would be the time to get a little team together and charter a boat down there. You will get activity for the new few weeks, and there’ll be nobody else there.

prey species on the run

We would like to thank Craig and his staff from Scuba Addicts who kindly provided us with air refills during the sardine run, and would like to thank all other boat operators who participated in the sharing of information about the location of sardine run activity, and for their courtesy in observing etiquette around baitballs. Their behaviour ensured that this year’s run remained an enjoyable experience with no bun fights around baitballs. thanks everybody!!!

film crew gets ready

For me, it’s back to the grindstone. Our field trip was a great success thanks to that last fantastic day. Now comes the grind: capturing and analysing all that data (but it is an interesting grind, make no mistake!).
I’ll be blogging again next year, when we’ll be putting critter cam and all sorts of groovy motion sensors on bronze whaler sharks to get a handle on how they feed. It should be an awful lot of fun, as well as serious science, so please join us again during early June 2010.
all the best
Sean