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   Status update of the endemic and critically endangered cave catfish Clarias cavernicola Trewavas 1936, from the Aigamas Cave system, Namibia

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: FJ Jacobs --- , Namibia PG Jacobs --- , CJ Hay --- , Namibia TF Naesje --- , Norway

   Knowledge of population sizes of threatened fish species is essential for formulation and implementation of effective conservation and management policies. Visual counts (VC) from two SCUBA diving expeditions during February and May 2019 were used to estimate the population size...

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   Assessing the socio-economic value of shark diving in the Protea Banks Marine Protected Area, South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: ML Dicken --- , South Africa AV Towner --- Rhodes University, South Africa B Mauz --- , South Africa R Mauz --- , South Africa

   Protea Banks, a reef off the east coast of South Africa and a renowned dive destination, attained marine protected area (MPA) status in 2019. This study investigates the economic significance of the shark diving industry at this MPA and examines...

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   Cape Gannet Morus capensis year-round presence off the southern Cape coast of South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Zanri Strydom --- , South Africa Tiaan Strydom --- , South Africa

   The year-round presence and abundance of Cape Gannets Morus capensis in the greater Wilderness waters (Western Cape, South Africa) were monitored through a land-based observational study, 330 km (straight-line distance) from the nearest breeding colony, Bird Island Algoa Bay. Between...

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