About
Professor George Branch is world renowned for his research on marine ecology. Together with his wife, Margo, he wrote The Living Shores of Southern Africa, an award-winning best-seller on the ecology of marine life. He was A-rated by the NRF and has received Fellowships from the University of Cape Town and the Royal Society of South Africa, the Gilchrist Medal for marine science, the Gold Medal of the Zoological Society, a Distinguished Teachers’ Award and the International Temperate Reef Lifetime Award. His research spans coastal ecology, fisheries policy, subsistence fisheries, and Marine Protected Areas. His photographs have been widely published and exhibited.
