Conservation in Action
Our Stories
Research, community wins, and the long game of protecting Mozambique's marine ecosystems.
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Community Fisheries Data Workshop
Local fishers reviewed four years of landing data at a workshop in Guinjata, shaping the next round of…
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Manta Ray Sighting Rate Update
Sightings of both reef and oceanic manta rays dropped for the third consecutive season — what our long-term…
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New Whale Shark Individual Catalogued
A juvenile tagged ‘LTO-WS-087’ joined our identification database last week after two independent photo-ID matches from visiting divers.
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School Snorkelling Programme Grows
Over 200 local school children joined the LTO marine literacy programme this year, many experiencing reef snorkelling for…
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Reef Fish Biomass Survey, Season 7
Our longest-running quantitative fish survey across seven transects — the 2024 numbers, and what they say about the…
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Ghost Net Removal Dive
LTO and the Guinjata fishing cooperative pulled a 40m abandoned net off the outer reef, freeing two trapped…
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Tagging Loggerheads at Night
Every nesting season, a volunteer team monitors turtle tracks along the beach, tagging adults and cataloguing clutches for…
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Whale Shark Nursery Documented
First-of-its-kind evidence of juvenile whale sharks aggregating along the Mozambique coast, supporting the case for marine protected area…
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Community-led Reef Monitoring
Local volunteers are conducting long-term ecological monitoring across the bay, training divers to document bleaching, species counts and…