Great White Shark & Marine Conservation Internship in Gansbaai, South Africa

Great White Shark & Marine Conservation Internship

Your role as an Intern:
 
This unique programme offers the opportunity to combine practical boat and shore-based research experience with scientific learning monitored by our full-time marine biologists. This allows the strictly limited number of Research Interns to maximize the value of their time spent on the programme. Wherever possible each Intern’s personal research goals are accommodated within the programme. 

During the internship you can expect:

• Experience at sea, on research and eco-tourism boats
• Photographing dorsal ID’s and observing behavior
• Identification of individual animals through newly discovered dorsal fin recording, measurement and markings
• Where possible, tagging of sharks from a research vessel. Note: Tagging will be done by a professional but interns will be fully involved in the methods used to attract the sharks
• Manual tracking of sharks over several days
• Boat safety and seamanship – learning how to maintain standards and equipment needed for the operation as well as basic skippering experience
• Identification of dorsal fins of Great White Sharks
• Tagging of African Penguins, sea rescue of birds, seals and marine animals in the area
• Monitoring of other marine animals in the area, and learning about hierarchy in the ecosystems
• Participating in animal rescue when required