We Salute You, Admiral!
30 Jan 2012
Admiral Ahmed Khaled, the commander of the Egyptian Navy Fleet in the Red Sea over the past years will be moving on to a new post. Upon his departure the HEPCA team would like to thank him and commend...
Bringing science to your door step
30 Jan 2012
When we talk about our scientific achievements and findings most people wonder if this is useful at all for them in their daily lives. Of course it is! But science is not always easy to be simplified.
Egyptian Dolphin Sanctuaries on the Rise
30 Jan 2012
Watching and swimming with dolphins in their natural habitat has become very popular in the Hurghada area these last few years. The increase of these activities, in particular when unregulated, is highly...
Mooring Update - January
30 Jan 2012
New year – new boat; but same great old team. The members of our mooring team have been with us for around seven years now and every day we are thankful to have them. Maintaining the largest mooring buoy...
Protected species served on dinner buffets
30 Jan 2012
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Besides the “Pick Albatros” hotel chain, who claimed that their displayed marine life was just plastic, an excuse that nobody really believed, we also received photos from “Sunrise Royal Makadi Resort”...
Two Dead Dolphins in El Gouna
30 Jan 2012
On the 10th of January HEPCA received a phone call about a dead dolphin found on a beach north of El Gouna; only a few days after (17th of January) a second call: another dead dolphin has been spotted...
What’s happening for Egyptian Red Sea turtles in 2012?
26 Jan 2012
After the first year HEPCA decided to launch more activities on marine turtles, involve users in all the aspects of data collection and raise the number of awareness activities. Following below is a list...
SharkGUARDIAN of the Year 2012: Royal Evolution
25 Jan 2012
Royal Evolution played an essential role in catching the four Yemeni fishing boats that were fishing and finning sharks in the Egyptian Red Sea in the summer of 2010. After spotting longline markers in...
Sustainable Seafood Menu
18 Jan 2012
The depletion of fish stocks, one of the major global and local marine conservation issues, has so far been poorly addressed in the Red Sea region. Over the last two decades the fishing effort in the Red...
Dive Boat Science
17 Jan 2012
Over the last couple of weeks we have received several concerned emails from enthusiastic divers about the “disappearance of sharks” from the Egyptian Red Sea, a scenario they reckoned the obvious result...