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The Oceanographic Research Institutes Cooperative Fish Tagging Project (ORI-CFTP) is long-term citizen science project in which anglers voluntarily tag and release the fish they catch. By monitoring and recording the information every time a fish is tagged or recaptured, ORI is able to collaboratively gather information about the fish and help inform conservation and sustainability decision making.

We are excited to announce the hatching of a northern rockhopper penguin chick on the rockhopper beach in the Aquariums Penguin Exhibit. The chick was welcomed into the world on 2 October 2021 and is growing fast and furiously. This is the fourth chick hatched by parent birds Roxy and Grommet.

The Two Oceans Aquarium is located on the V&A Waterfront, which is a leisure and commercial property situated in the heart of a working harbour. The harbour is home to a diverse range of wildlife from marine and terrestrial birds, to seals, otters and on occasion, also visited by other marine mammals, such as dolphins. The Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) that live in the harbour and around the jetties of the Waterfront, are endemic to the southern coast of Africa, ranging from Algoa Bay to northern Namibia, with their population numbers estimated at around two million. They feed mostly on fish, and are the most muscular members of the fur seal family.

Cape fur seals are playful and curious animals. Because of this, they are prone to becoming tangled in loops of plastic pollution or discarded fishing line, which they find interesting, or which may smell like food. Over time, these nooses work their way down a seals neck, becoming tighter, incising into their skin and flesh, and ultimately resulting in severe infections and death.

With the upcoming debut of Saving Seals, a short film by wildlife photographer and ecotourism champion Steve Benjamin all about the Cape fur seal disengagement and welfare work taking place in the V&A Waterfront, we thought it would be a good opportunity to introduce the man behind the camera.

Saving seals that have become entangled in plastic waste - box bands, fishing gut, cords - isn't easy, but there's a community of passionate people around Cape Town's harbour who are driven to action when the need to rescue a seal arises. The Two Oceans Aquarium invites you to join us for a special evening on 25 November 2021, where we'll meet the people working to save seals and dive into the history and future of seal disentanglements in the V&A Waterfront and beyond.

We're on TV! Spunky Sea Stories is a fresh, interactive show for kids aged 3 to 7 and their parents, filled with puppets, clay, exercise and ocean animals - the perfect weekly adventure for any child who loves fishy fun!Watch "Spunky Sea Stories" every Friday at 15h30 on Cape Town TV!

What does it take to save entangled seals? Step behind the scenes of our Cape fur seal disentanglement work in the V&A Waterfront with conservation filmmaker and photographer Steve Benjamin with the short film Saving Seals with the passion and creativity that goes into this work. We are faced daily with the wounds inflicted on Cape fur seals by loops of fishing line, box bands, and other plastic trash that they become entangled in. The only way to remove these nooses, and save their lives, is through human intervention - something that our team in Cape Towns VA Waterfront knows well, routinely using stealth, cunning and inventive tools to get close enough to help these distressed animals. But, even with the best of intentions, we cannon reach every seal - this is where darting comes in, a new tool that will allow us to make an even greater difference and help seals that were previously out of reach.

Now you can get up close to the Two Oceans Aquarium's shiver of ragged-tooth sharks, swim among the schools of yellowtail and giant kob, and learn about the awesome predators that inhabit the Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Exhibit.

You've just completed your PADI Open Water Scuba Diver course at the Two Oceans Aquarium Dive School and are looking to get your own diving equipment (or are dropping hints about what you'd like for a gift). While some of the big-ticket items like cylinders, BCDs and regulators are easy enough to rent, many divers like to own their own basic gear items for the sake of comfort and convenience - particularly those items that serve double duty for snorkeling.

Harry the endangered green sea turtle that was rescued in Stillbaai is finally ready for release. How did we make this decision?

Oceans In Motion is an outreach programme offered by the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, with the support of AVI, that brings lessons about marine life to under-resourced schools throughout the greater Cape Town area. Outreach teacher Thabo Sabeko brings a mobile aquarium to Grades 4 to 6 learners, with exciting CAPS-aligned lessons about the ocean's wonders.