DolphinCare
AFRICA
DolphinCareAfrica was formerly registered as a non-profit organisation in the October of 1998 in S.Africa. After the fire in 2010 - DCA started trading as Dolphin Encountours Research Center.
One of the primary objectives during the founding years of Dolphin Encountours was to develop longterm monitoring projects in the area that grew from only dolphins to other key species within the area. As a citizen scientists Angie relied on the support of researches both locally and abroad to help in developing the different projects.
Over the years we have presented at conferences & given presentations on ethical marine mammal tourism and the local Dolphins of Ponta.
We have and continue to worked with an array of researches, students and interns from both Mozambique and abroad which has resulted in a number of publications.
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Data collection began under the supervision of Dr Vic Cockroft (The Centre of Dolphin Studies SA), Dr Almeida Guissamullo (The Natural History Museum of University Eduardo Mondlane) & Dr Vic Peddemors (Natal Sharks Board). A set of standard operating procedures were developed that included the implementation of the dolphincare code of conduct, photo ID project and data collection. In 2010 Mozambican Diana Rocha joined DolphinCareAfrica as lead biologist and research director, working remotlely from Portugal when needed.
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We have worked closely with various governmental institutions in Mozambique to shed light on marine mammal tourism and the impacts of such activities in the area on the resident dolphins.
