Institute for Coastal and Marine Research

(CMR)

Advisory Board Meeting

27 November 2017

Director’s Report - Prof Janine Adams

40 years of coastal research - UPE in the early 70’s

Institute for Coastal Research established 1983

Establishment of CMR - university-wide, reporting to theDVC: R&E

HISTORY

Vision

Be a leading marine sciences institute, conducting cutting-edge research,

building capacity and advancing our understanding of the coastal & marine environment,

to serve the needs of South Africa, the continent and beyond in a sustainable manner.

2017 : position CMR as University-wide Institute,

promoting trans-Faculty research collaboration and

providing a stimulating environment for research and debate

CMRInstitute for Coastal and Marine Research

Director & Deputy Director Research Theme Co-ordinators x 3

Admin Officer Head RDU

Research Diving Unit

Research Chairs• M Roberts,

Food Security• M Lombard,

Marine Spatial Planning

• R Perissinotto, Shallow Water Ecosystems

• P Vrancken, Law of the Sea

• Associated staff, postgrads

Admin Support

Faculty-based membership• Academics• Research staff• Postgrads

Research Associates from:• SAEON• BCRE• SANBI• etc

Research Unitsand Groups• MAPRU• Estuaries• Sandy beaches

Visiting Scientists• National• International

Participation around three research themes• Living resources and food security• Biodiversity and conservation• Global change

External• Government (e.g.

municipalities, DEA, DAFF, CSIR)

• NMB Maritime Cluster

Research Interdisciplinary research Research Diving Unit

TrainingResearch-based training : post-grads• Short courses: diving, estuary management

ConsultingBroad expertise which provides community serviceas commercial consultancies

ACTIVITIES

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FACULTIES STAFF RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

PAPERS PUBLISHED

RESEARCH CHAIRS

LINKS TO EXTERNAL RESEARCH ENTITIES

2015 2016

THEMATIC AREASGlobal Change

Monitoring and understanding change, anthropogenic and natural, and how this impacts coastal

and marine systems and human communities.

Living Resources and Food SecurityStudying and developing coastal and marine living resources which are, or can be, utilised as food sources, with the emphasis on sustainability.

Biodiversity and ConservationBroadly relating to understanding, protecting and

managing coastal and marine ecosystems, both for conservation and sustainable human use.

CMR wins the 2017 Nelson Mandela University Engagement Excellence Team Award

Engagement activities include short learning programmes, workshops, public talks, outreach events and interaction onmultiple levels with government departments. CMR hosts one of only two research diver training units in the country.

Three sessions 23 presentations Four Research Chairs presenting Four Faculties represented SRU, Paleoscience 90-Seater venue filled

Participants: DEDEA, CDC, Business Chamber, Press, NelsonMandela Metro, DAFF, SAEON, Transnet, SST

RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

South African Marine Science Symposium

4-7 July 2017, Boardwalk

Hosted by CMR - SANCOR

Attended by 451 delegates8 countries

Profit – R58 784.00

NMB Maritime Cluster, Business School & CMRhosted a conversation on Marine Spatial Planning inAlgoa Bay - 17 July

Partnership Meeting for 2017 took place on 24October - Mrs Bernadette Snow presented

20 July 2017

National Science Week Launch Exhibit

4-5 August 2017, Missionvale Campus

Advancing Marine Science Tourism

Public lecture presented by Dr Lorien Pichegru

1 August 2017 – Road to National Science Week

Attended by over 100 people

National Marine Week17-20 October 2017 at Bayworld

Department of Environmental Affairs initiative running since 2003

Aim: Highlight the marine environment, through hands-on interactiveapproaches, to learners and educators from disadvantaged schools

Objectives: Promote National Marine Week Create awareness Exposure to the marine environment Highlight career opportunities in Sciences

R10 000.00 financial contribution from CMR

Press ArticlesWeekend Post22 April 2017

The Herald Editorial Comment

18 July 2017

The Herald2 August 2017

RESEARCH

Living Resources and Food Security

Marine ranching of abalone in Algoa Bay & Hamburg Large Marine Ecosystems based research project, aimed

at solving food security and poverty alleviation issues in East Africa

Sandy beaches, mixed shores, stromatolites, estuaries, mangroves, wetlands, subtidal reefs

Biodiversity & Conservation

Global Change

Algoa Bay – Harmful Algal Blooms Estuary habitats and sea level rise Bottom-up influences of climate change

on endangered marine top predators SRU risk and vulnerability in coastal zone

SOLSTICE –Prof Michael Roberts

Grow people-based marineresearch capability insouthern and eastern Africa(The Global ChallengesResearch Fund (GCRF)Research Councils UKCollective Fund).

PEW FELLOWSHIP

–Prof Ronel Nel

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE ALGOA BAY

• Collaborative project on Marine Spatial Planning

• Profs Dorrington (Rhodes) & Lombard

• ~ 2 million NMU

SANAP: Antarctica – Dr Pierre Pistorius

Project: Southern Indian Ocean Top Predators: linking ecology, oceanography and marine spatial planning needs

Part of SA National Antarctic Programme running from 2018-2020

Tracking data: ID EBSAs in South Africa’s EEZ around Prince EdwardIslands and between island groups

Dr Maélle Connan also received SANAP funding for seabird research

ArtsPolitical and Conflict Studies: Blue Economy

Business & Economic SciencesDevelopment Studies; Economics: Marine Socio-ecological systems, Resource

Economics

Engineering, the Built Environment and Information TechnologyEngineering: Coastal infrastructure

Health SciencesEmergency Medical Care: Diver Occupational Health & Safety

LawLaw: Maritime Governance

ScienceBotany, Zoology, Geosciences, Statistics, Chemistry, Oceanography, Sustainability

Research Unit

Strategic Initiatives Fund

Encourage cross-faculty, multidisciplinary research

2016 - 2017 Projects:

Dr Lorien Pichegru: Penguins and industrial fisheries – does a marine reserve benefit Magellanic penguins in Argentina?

Dr Andréa Thiebualt: Role of acoustic communication in the breeding and foraging strategies of Cape gannets.

Dr Pierre Pistorius: Abundance, distribution and population genetic structure of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) along the southeast coast of South Africa.

Dr Linda Harris: Honey badgers: coastal resource use and ecology.

Prof Christo Fabricius: Connectivity in ecological infrastructure and governance: keys to understanding social-ecological resilience to global change in coastlines.

New MoUs in 2017

CapeNature – joint research & diving

SAEON + SAIAB – collaborative activities

Fort Hare + Rhodes University + Lidomax – Abalone Seeding Project

Kouga Municipality – Seekoei Estuary Project

NMB Development Agency – North End Lake

CONTRACT STUDIES

Benguela Planning Project on EBSAs & BCLME (GIZ funded) – Dr Stephen Holness & Dr Linda Harris

DEA - National Coastal Assessment

Kouga Municipality MoU for Seekoei Estuary & mouth management plans

Nelson Mandela Bay Development Agency MoU for Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium: water quality assessments of North End Lake

Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine Environmental Research

(links UCT & Bergen)

University of Gothenburg

Southampton University

Plymouth University

Oldenburg University

Climate Service Center Germany

University of North Carolina Wilmington

International Partnerships

Ocean University of China

Brunel University (London) invited our University to be part of a large consortium that

submitted an RCUK proposal for the establishment of a “Plastics in Society research

hub”.

Erasmus + application - International Credit Mobility (ICM) project, coordinated by

Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), Institut Universitaire European de la Mer

International Partnerships…. continued

TRAINING Marine Spatial Planning Masters

BIO373 – Introduction to Southern African Marine Ecosystemspresented by Dr Gavin Rishworth – St Johns & St Cloudsstudents

Research Diving training

• Ocean Sciences Campus

• Compressor installed

• 87 operational days

• OH&S Act and the Diving Regulations

• Class 4, Class 4 Nitrox, Rescue Diver training course in collaboration with the Emergency Care Unit (ECU) & Port Elizabeth Fire & Rescue t

RESEARCH DIVING UNIT ACTIVITIES

Information Sharing Event to advertise the OSC

Speakers, presentations, visuals

coordinated by the CMR

INFRASTRUCTURE - OCEAN SCIENCES CAMPUS

Ocean Sciences Campus Launch – 22 September 2017

GOVERNANCEMeetings

2 x Advisory Board3 x Management Committee

Research Theme LeadersVarious interactions with CMR members

FinanceAccounts N186 - R345 317, N187 - R185 680

Invoices November R300 000, ~R200 000 - GIZ project

2018 ACTIVITIES

Events

Research Symposium – 1.5 days• Day 1: Lunch followed by Metro/Algoa Bay focus• Day 2: Multi-disciplinary, young researchers

Research Associate Symposium

Postgrad TED talks – Ocean Sciences Campus

SOLSTICE project colloquium

New Research Projects / Initiatives

Long term socio-ecological research (SRU, Garden Route)

Community aquaculture sustaining livelihoods

Plettenberg Bay research & monitoring hub

Faculty Engineering, Health

New Funding NRF Coastal & Marine Call 2018

Research Impact / Outputs Publications

International Southampton Gothenburg Oldenburg

Conferences SASAqS June 2018 Indian Ocean?

Infrastructure• Boats… Stealth 1.4 m

mandela.ac.za

Thank You

BERNY TO PRESENT THIS

NEXT AGENDA ITEM

University of Gothenburg

Erasmus Mundus + Programme2 x MSc students Ms Zanele Hartmann visited the University of Gothenburg

marine station for three months A Swedish student collaborated with Drs Bornmann and Deyzel

at SAEON2 x Teaching staff Ms Nomtha Hadi visited the University of Gothenburg for two

weeks Prof Mats Lindegarth visited the Nelson Mandela University for

eight days

Dr Susanne Lindegarth visited in October

Reaching the Interface between Science and Governance of Ecological Resources: Challenges and Experiences from

Swedish Coastal Waters

Public Lecture by Prof Mats LindegarthProfessor in Marine Ecology, University ofGothenburg, Wednesday, 12 July, 18:00-19:00 –South Campus Council Chamber

Hosted by the CMR from 10-17 July Met with International Partnerships Manager,

Deputy Director International Office, StudyAbroad Coordinator, Senior DirectorInternational Education

Attended Goals & Academics workshop as partof second semester student orientation

Presented MARS412 lectures Participated in Estuary Field Trip Attended Maritime Cluster Meeting

Southampton University

Newton Fund International PhD Partnering Scheme

NAME EXCHANGE AIM

Prof Patrick Vrancken Staff Develop partnerships to link marine &maritime law

Tegan Carpenter-Kling Student Skills & capacity development ingeochemistry & stable isotope ecology

Luke Holman Student Facilitate exchange of taxonomic skills(ascidian taxonomy)

Jonathan Botha Student Cape fur seal foraging ecology

Jacqueline Raw Student Mangrove ecosystem responses to globalchange

Tanya Wagenaar Student Intellectual property consequences ofmarine bioprospecting

Zintle Thompson Student Corruption & money laundering in ports

Southampton Interactions

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Steven BourneCollaborating with Prof Renzo.PerissinottoAim: Work on gastropod diversity and genetics, participate inNovember St Lucia field trip

Luke HolmanCollaborating with Dr Shirley Parker-NanceAim: Profile the biodiversity of marinas along the South Africancoastline taking representative biological samples and comparethem with historical records

Tegan Carpenter-KlingCollaborating with Dr Clive TruemanProject Title: Predicting how the isotopic composition of predatortissues change with different foraging behavioursAim: Skills and capacity development in geochemistry and stableisotope ecology.

University of Wilmington North Carolina

Community livelihoods - aquaculture Student Exchanges proposed Write joint proposals MoU has been signed Prof Vrancken and Ms Snow visited 4-8 November 2017

Extra slides

Governmental Links Local government : Nelson Mandela Metro, Kouga, eThekweni Provincial government : DEDEA, Western Cape National government : DEA, DW&S, DAFF International : Ramsar, Nairobi and Abidjan Conventions Conservation authorities: SANParks, CapeNature, Eastern Cape

Parks, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife

Strategic Objectives….

1. Enhance the breadth of CMR collaboration and the range

of coastal and marine expertise across the University and externally.

Action: Research symposium, meetings, faculty collaboration. SAMSS.

Southampton, Gothenburg, Plymouth, Oldenburg

2. Increase funding for research, studentships and resources to promote research and training.

Actions: new research opportunities, international partnerships, strategic

initiatives fund

3. Strengthen branding and marketing to maintain a high profile

nationally and internationally

Actions: website updated, glossy annual report, research symposium with

attendance of press, SAMSS 2017, research briefs, popular articles, National

Science week, Marine week, November – public lecture

4. Build, grow and develop expertise and fill gaps in critical areas (such

as fisheries, sedimentology, coastal engineering) to build capacity and broaden expertise

Actions: SARChI chairs, national & international partnerships and visitors.

5. Develop, maintain and expand infrastructure in the new ocean

science campus & across campuses to strengthen marine research capacity

Action: Partnerships with SAEON, SAIMI and other organisations, e.g. water quality

laboratory, RDU