Alison Kock

Where did the tags pop off? Early results from the April 2025 white shark tagging expedition, Mossel Bay – Our Stories – Scientific Services – SANParks On 10–11 April 2025, Dr Alison Towner (South African International Maritime Institute) and Dr Alison Kock (South African National Parks) led a

See where the satellite tags we deployed on white sharks in April have popped up! www.sanparks.org/conservation...

Submerged: Exploration of the underwater world by Team Ocean Outlaws’ robotic Manta Ray named Fred – Our Stories – Scientific Services – SANParks Over the past few decades, the global emphasis on fostering innovation has been driven by the constant evolution of technology, as new advancements

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Ecology & Society: Navigating transdisciplinary waters to protect both sharks and bathers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: diverse stakeholders propose potential actions In human–wildlife conflicts, stakeholders have varied perspectives, and improving mutual understanding of these perspectives may improve conservation outcomes. Positive outcomes are more likely if sci...

In this #newpaper we tackle the bather–shark conflict in KwaZulu-Natal, where lethal control meets public safety. By creating space for dialogue among diverse stakeholders, we show how collaboration, not just tech fixes, can balance conservation and human safety ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss3/a...

Celebrating Marine Protected Area Day: Protecting Table Mountain's Marine Sanctuary YouTube video by SANParks

This short film by #seachangeproject in collaboration with #sanparks showcases the work managers, rangers, socio-economic transformation officers & scientists do in the #TableMountainNationalPark #MPA. I hope you enjoy it! youtube.com/watch?v=rpDR...

In the final episode of the season, we talk about the most iconic shark species of all time - the white shark. In this episode of #WoS, marine biologist Dr Alison Kock shares everything she knows about this elusive species.

Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...

@sharkspotters.bsky.social

The #MegaMove project proves that scientists have done the work: we know where we need to protect our ocean giants, and we understand what interventions will make protection effective.

#MegaMove #IMMegAs #MarineConservation #ScienceForChange #30X30 #MegaData

@anammsequeira.bsky.social

So much fun talking about white sharks & why they are such incredible & successful animals! Thanks @saveourseas.bsky.socia and the #worldofsharks!

MegaMove uncovers where protection is needed for marine megafauna A new Science paper maps global hotspots for marine megafauna & finds that planned increased protection will be insufficient to cover most areas

📢A MegaMove milestone has just been published in @ScienceMagazine!
With ~380 collaborators from 50 countries, we mapped the movements of 12k+ marine megafauna to identify key habitats 🌊🐋🦈
@pewenvironment.bsky.social @uwaoceans.bsky.social
www.sequeiralab.com/news/megamov...

A public talk by me 30 June in Seattle: "Whales fear orcas, changing their songs, migration and growth"

When researchers hid a camera off the coast of South Africa, a "creepy creature" appeared and attacked this shark | Discover Wildlife Shark “finds out the hard way” why it shouldn’t mess with this bizarre ocean creature.

Our #BRUV camera captured incredible interaction between a shark & a hagfish www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... #SANParks #SAEON #SAIAB

Last call ⏳🚨

If you have any elasmobranch and killer whale interaction records we want to hear about it!

Please reach our team with the email below, would love to include them in our global review!

Conservation impacts and hidden actions in a randomized controlled trial of a marine pay-to-release program Pay-to-release program encouraged live release of endangered marine taxa but led some fishers to increase catches of those taxa.

New #sharkscience from @hollieboothie.bsky.social
Conservation impacts and hidden actions in a randomized controlled trial of a marine pay-to-release program. A deep dive into the ins and outs of pay to release.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@iucnshark.bsky.social @nickdulvy.bsky.social

HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONTACT: From beaches to baboons, Shark Spotters brings holistic approach to human-wildlife conflict management

For more than two decades, Shark Spotters has watched Cape Town’s ocean from above. Now, Shark Spotters, led by Sarah Waries, is looking to the mountains and suburbs of the southern Peninsula as it leads a new holistic approach to managing some of the city’s most controversial residents — baboons.

New marine alien species Amathia verticillata discovered in Langebaan Lagoon MPA – Stories – Scientific Services – SANParks Alien species are organisms not native to an area, often out-compete indigenous species, for food and space, and usually have no natural predators. Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area (MPA), locate...

Invasive species are a real threat to our oceans. A strange bryozoan that looks like glass noodles (likely from the Caribbean) has turned up in #WestCoastNationalPark. We teamed up with #StellenboschUniversity to assess how widespread it is.

Thank you for all the incredible work you, Tammy and the team at @suhealthsci.bsky.social do on marine invasive species and their impact in South Africa. I look forward to working together soon again! @sjackland.bsky.social thanks for leading the charge!

A decade of implementing the Biodiversity management plan for African penguins – successes, failures and lessons learnt The rapid decline of the African penguin Spheniscus demersus in the early 2000 s triggered the drafting of the first African Penguin Biodiversity Mana…

Just published a new study on #penguin management. No, not the ones from Heard Island trying to dodge Trump’s #tariffs, actual conservation science! Waddle over & take a look! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #africanpenguins An incredible collaboration & led by #lorienpichegru

Thanks for sharing @whysharksmatter.bsky.social!

That is a great question! They can curl up in both directions & it’s not only the one direction.

Protecting South Africa’s Endangered White Steenbras: Lessons from Two Estuaries – Stories – Scientific Services – SANParks The white steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus), an endemic South African fish, is an important species targeted and caught by recreational and livelihood fishers in coastal and estuarine environments...

Conserving endangered estuarine associated fish @sanparks www.sanparks.org/conservation...

SANParks and OFB colleagues meet in Addo Elephant National Park to share expertise, experiences and exchange knowledge on governance and management planning of Marine Protected Areas in South Africa a... Under the 2022 French-South African cooperation agreement on biodiversity, an expertise and capacity exchange programme between the French Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB) and SANParks was est...

Co-learning with #MPA colleagues from @SANParks & @OFB for improving management www.sanparks.org/conservation...

Using BRUVs to monitor Robben Island MPA’s locals – while they monitor us too! – Stories – Scientific Services – SANParks Beneath the waves lies a world of curious creatures whose secrets we are still busy uncovering. Unlike taking a leisurely drive through the Kruger National Park, observing marine communities requires ...

Monitoring the shark & fish abuance & diversity in the #worldheritage Robben Island #MPA www.sanparks.org/conservation... #RobbenIsland

New summary of 2 massive recent publications documenting the status and trends of sharks, rays, and chimaeras 🧪🦈🌎 @mongabay.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/01/new-...

Further, more recent coverage of #Shark research by @urbanedgesharks.bsky.social, who is quoted in this popular press article

www.sciencealert.com/great-white-...

This was such an enjoyable paper to write, and an honour to collaborate with academic legends. Thank you for featuring it!

School of Biological Sciences building, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)

Come join us at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand! We are hiring a tenure-track marine biologist/ecologist (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer = US Assistant Professor). NZ lifestyle, a beautiful marine lab, and great colleagues! tinyurl.com/ymmdsjus Please share widely!