Kaylee Smit

Its #WorldOceansDay! Where we get to celebrate the 70% that makes the 30% so much happier, healthier & less hungry. This #CriticallyEndangered bowmouth #guitarfish (Rhynchobatus australiae) is doing its part for the happiness... #IUCN @UniSeyBERI @UniofSeychelles @saveourseas

Check out our new paper that's just been published in Ecological Indicators: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol… #MPAs; #MPADay #Reefs #Ecosystemcondition

New paper out: A Roadmap to Advance #Marine and #Coastal #Monitoring, #Biodiversity Assessment, and International Reporting: A Developing Nation Perspective doi.org/10.3389/fmars.… @FrontMarineSci @KayleeSmit2015 @anaturalstate @KerrySkink

Join us for our annual Student Symposium with 60+ scientific presentations & 3 special guest speakers. DEC 8, 2020 | 7h30 FOR 8h00AM Zoom Webinar Link: bit.ly/SAIABStudentSy… To download the Book of Abstracts & more: bit.ly/33wscST #SAIABStudentSymposium @GhtScifest

Check out our new article, published in Ecological Indicators: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol… It reviews indicators for marine ecosystem condition assessments, with a framework to support indicator selection. @CMR_MandelaUni, @NRF_SAIAB and @SANBI_ZA

Trends in shore-based angling effort determined from aerial surveys: a case study from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.29…

@WWFSASSI @WWFSouthAfrica @2OceansAquarium @missearth_sa To me the ocean means: Fun, learning, respect, diversity, beauty, serenity, inspiring and love

Q1: Many people have a strong cultural and spiritual tie or link to our oceans. What does the ocean mean to you? #ValueOurOceans @WWFSouthAfrica @2OceansAquarium @missearth_sa

Our oceans are the lungs of our planet, supplying oxygen, a source of food & medicine and a critical part of the biosphere. It is day to celebrate the beauty, the wealth & the promise of the ocean. Join our Twitter chat at 12pm today!! #ValueOurOceans #WorldOceansDay

Offshore Drilling due to go-ahead in KZN – unless you take a stand today! oceansnotoil.org/2019/09/09/off…

Tough message from famous explorer Enric Sala: We humans are part of the natural world. Yet 26 500 species are threatened by extinction. Sala sets out the strong moral case as well as the business case for “a new deal for nature”! Thanks! 🙏

A look at the map of South Africa's new 20 #MPAs, which was released by @environmentza on Sunday 18th November at the @EgyptCOP14.

BREAKING NEWS: Lets celebrate with @environmentza! 'Cabinet has approved the declaration of 20 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as part of the Operation Phakisa: Ocean Economy MPAs Representative Network. ' READ: gcis.gov.za/newsroom/media… @WILDOCEANSSA @oceanunite @SethHorstmeyer

The current marine protection of oceans around South Africa (2000 km2) less than a third of the size of the Kruger National Park - 6142km2. This is not enough! #OnlyThisMuch

The young South African Sarah Ferguson recently completed a 100km ocean swim over a total of six days in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park #UNESCO #WorldHeritage site, to raise awareness about plastic pollution. Next challenge for @LewisPugh ? #CleanOurSeas #SouthAfrica

Approximately 1200 species of fish and 190 species of coral have been recorded on the reefs of the Sodwana Bay in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Read more by Dr Camilla Floros... divebuddy.co.za/diving-isimang… #scubadiving #scuba #diving #isimangaliso #biodiversity #coralreefs

Let’s talk trash…. Only we humans make waste that nature can’t digest. #SayNoToPlastic

When the beaches are hectic, Ford still gets us to the launch site. Thanks Darryl Smith & Mokarran Divers! @FordSouthAfrica #FordWildlife

Posible new distribution record of the nocturnal anemone Alicia sansibarensis. Photographed off East London SA during Imida ROV survey.

COLUMN: @craigolewis says Nollis Marais has to accept ultimate accountability for @BlueBullsRugby's season of horror sarugbymag.co.za/blog/details/N…

Marine protected areas can safeguard “the last refuges of threatened species &…ecosystems”—the work of @KerrySkink: pew.org/2n43Nzp