City Support for Marine Animal Stranding Network

NSRI CEO Dr Cleeve Robertson has thanked the City of Cape Town (CoCT) and the City’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews, for their financial contribution towards NSRI’s operational costs during incidents where NSRI volunteers and the CoCT Marine Animal Stranding Network respond to animals in distress on our coastline.

Many role players are involved in the mission to save lives on South African waters, even when those lives are animals in distress – CoCT Marine Animal Stranding Network, includes amongst others, CoCT officials, NSRI, Disaster Risk Management, the SA Police Services and their SAPS Dive Unit and SAPS Sea Borderline Control, the emergency medical services, CoCT Law Enforcement Marine Unit, Lifeguards, CoCT Fire and Rescue Services, SPCA, TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority), MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre), SAMSA (South African Maritime Safety Authority), Telkom Maritime Radio Services, SA Defence Force – the SA Navy and SA Air Force, Marine Conservation and the Department of Environment – Oceans and Coasts, SA National Parks, Cape Nature and TMNP (Table Mountain National Parks), who all together with a host of organisations, including marine commercial operators and fishermen, public members and recreational sea users alike, who are all are commended for the roles they play in this important mission, responding to marine animals in distress.

Media journalists are commended for the important role that they contribute to the effort.

Our NSRI volunteers, on duty 24 hours a day every day of the year, are proud to be part of the primary response network that make up the CoCT Marine Animal Stranding Network and this financial contribution benefits these combined efforts in making a difference as one community with this shared common goal, said Doctor Robertson.