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In Celebration of Professor Olaf Weyl

Join the NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity in celebrating the life, research excellence and the legacy of the late Olaf Weyl. Olaf joined SAIAB in 2009 from the Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science at Rhodes University and wholeheartedly served the...

February 7, 2023

News and Events

Science with and for Society: The SAIAB IMIsEE Project Case Study

Enhancing Ecological Engineering Solutions in Urban Coastlines Through the Transdisciplinary NRF–SAIAB Funded IMIsEE Project In August, the NRF-SAIAB Indigenous Marine Innovations for sustainable Environments and Economies (IMIsEE) project held its first official event, an imbizo, with members of the rural coastal community of Hamburg in the...

December 7, 2022

News and Events

SAIAB Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Fortunate Phaka awarded the Mail & Guardian premier environmental award

The Mail & Guardian celebrated the 18th edition of its flagship Greening The Future event with emphasis on the significance of this year’s alignment of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties — COP 27 Global Summit. This year’s focus was on...

December 7, 2022

News and Events

SAIAB Student Symposium

The NRF-SAIAB hosted its fourth instalment of the Student Symposium on Friday, 9 December 2022. The symposium provided an opportunity for SAIAB postgraduate students to showcase their work to a public audience, featuring more than 30 research talks which were presented...

December 1, 2022

Featured Research

Study Underway to Determine Spread of Invasive Alien Nile Tilapia; A Major Threat to South Africa’s Biodiversity

A collaborative project between the NRF-SAIAB, the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) is underway to determine the current extent of the spread of the invasive alien Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)...

October 31, 2022

Featured Research

Identifying the diversity of the southern Africa lampeye fishes (Lacustricola)

Description of Resarch Work The current research on the southern African lampeye fishes is an extension of previous research carried with the family Procatopodidae during Dr Pedro Bragança (SAIAB Postdoctoral Researcher)’s PhD studies. In this research Dr Bragança reveals for...

October 31, 2022

Featured Research

Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean 5-Volume Publication

NRF-SAIAB hosted the official online book launch of the digital version of the 5-Volume Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean at its annual Smith Memorial Lecture on 29 September 2022, attracting an audience of 120 participants globally. Coastal Fishes...

October 31, 2022

SAIAB Seminar Series

SAIAB Seminar Series 2022: Two presentations by Dr Antony Knights and Dr Louise Firth

Associate Professors of Marine Ecology, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth Friday 22 July, 12.00pm (Johannesburg) Zoom Registration link: https://bit.ly/3c5ZlMf Assessing ecological networks: A primer for diversity and distribution Presentation by: Dr Antony Knights Friday 22 July, 12.00pm (Johannesburg) The Anthropocene is characterised by...

August 15, 2022

News and Events

Dr Chantel Elston shows the wonders beneath the waves at Plett’s Keurbooms estuary

By: Lucky Dlamini and Dr Chantel Elston The first-ever Plett Marine Science Symposium took place from 1 – 3 July 2022 to celebrate Plettenberg Bay’s most beloved treasures: our ocean, marine life, and beaches. The three-day marine science symposium included...

August 15, 2022

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Refresh: A new biodiversity project to fill knowledge gaps in South Africa’s freshwater systems

The unique freshwater biodiversity of South Africa is under increasing pressure from multiple impacts including global climate change, habitat degradation, hydrological modification through excessive water abstraction, as well as the spread of invasive species. The most recent National Biodiversity Assessment...

August 15, 2022

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