Using sharks as an icon SASC:
- Raises awareness about South Africa’s marine resources;
- Raises awareness about broad resource issues, including sustainability, fisheries management, conservation and protection;
- Promotes understanding, support and participation in the following areas: PROTECTION, CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION.
The SASC Directorate is comprised of specialist scientists and Chairs from our various committees. The organisational structure is designed to be inclusive and representative of a broad range of marine resource users, including the consumptive and non-consumptive sectors. Our organisation is continually developing so if you are interested in becoming a Committee Member, Contact Us.
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Meaghen McCord is the founding member and Managing Director of SASC. She has an MSc degree in Fisheries Science from Rhodes University and a BSc Honours degree in Marine Biology from Dalhousie University. Her research interests include elasmobranch biology, fisheries management and sustainable resource utilization, transboundary
species management, climate change relating to fisheries, stable isotope
analysis, GIS, and telemetry.
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Charlene Da Silva... profile coming soon |
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Alison Kock... profile coming soon |
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Hi, my name is Tamzyn Zweig. I am currently completing the practical year of a Fisheries Resource Management diploma at CPUT (Cape Peninsula University of Technology). The Fisheries Resource Management course focuses on the use of marine resources in a sustainable manner and includes subjects such as economics, marine biology, ecology and environmental and fisheries law.
I met Meag in 2009 when she came to CPUT to present a talk on elasmobranch biology and the predicament shark stocks face due to unsustainable fishing practices. Her enthusiasm and drive is definitely contagious. Needless to say, I bugged her until she took me on as her intern for 2010. Here I am – loving every minute of it! I also serve as the Outreach Programmes Coordinator for SASC.
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Judian Bruk serves as SASCs Technical Advisor on fisheries policy. He has a BA (Anthropology) and LLB LLM (Marine Law) from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and currently practices as an attorney specializing in fisheries policy and governance. Judian lectures Environmental and Fisheries Law at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). He has also written a children's book titled "Grant explores the sea" published by Cambridge University Press.
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Mike Gray serves as SASCs Technical Advisor on system management for our Shark Lab. Mike has an MSc Degree in Ichthyology and an Honours Degree in Ichthyology and Fisheries Science from Rhodes University. He specializes in aquaculture and system development in the aquaculture industry. He is currently investigating the feasibility of a commercial scale aquaculture industry for bloodworm (Arenicola lovenii) in South Africa.
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