PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - Filming a mega pod of common dolphins was just one of the highlights an international film crew has caught on camera along the Plettenberg Bay and Eastern Cape coast, while following the annual sardine run.
The sardine run is described by John Jackson, director of photography of La CAZ’A productions, as the world’s largest bio-mass migration event – even more impressive than the land-based Gnu Migration in East Africa.
The sardine run starts at this time of the year with the fish spawning on the Agulhas bank. Some sardine schools then move up the west coast, while others choose the east coast. “It is important to preserve their ecosystems,” says Jackson.
Jackson and his co-director of photography and drone pilot Thomas Labourasse were at at sea on a boat belonging to Plettenberg-based Pro Dive last Friday, 10 May, filming the activities of seals off Robberg.
La CAZ’A productions is working with The 1 Ocean Foundation, under the banner of Unesco, the United Nations environmental agency.
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