To promote understanding of the marine environment across age groups, cultures, and socio-economic classes, SASC engages in a wide variety of education and outreach programmes. These include:

WWF Responsible Fisheries Programme: SASC has partnered with WWF RFP to deliver training to fishers, compliance officers, managers and scientific observers to equip all stakeholders with the skills & knowledge to apply an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (for more information, please contact WWF)
Green Marine Hospitality Industry Training Programme
Faces of Need: Sharks: in collaboration with the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, SASC is raising awareness about the plight of commercially exploited elasmobranchs through seminars and research activities (for more information, please contact Meaghen McCord)
Responsible handling of elasmobranchs in South Africa's recreational fishery: seminar series and training (for more information, please contact Meaghen McCord)
Linefisher Stewardship Programme
Old Harbour Museum marine science programme for schools
SASC egg case hunt
Marine conservation (as part of the WESSA Eco-Schools Programme)
Scientific coordination of the Great White Shark Festival (August 2007 & 2008)
Displays at the Hermanus Whale Festival (September 2008)
Stories from South African fishers - a compilation of stories SASC is developing to examine how fishers view the marine environment

For detailed information on these and other outreach programmes, contact Steve Smuts

on +27 (0)83 362 7632.