For the first time the firmm meeting was moderated by Katharina Heyers son Samuel Notz, who is also a member of the firmm foundation board. He is a new but certainly important member in the firmm team.
This season was pretty mild thanks to the lack of too many days of strong levante-wind, which force us to go to the Bay of Gibraltar. The most interesting trips at that Bay happen towards the end of the summer seasons (during the months of September and October) when large shoals of flying fish gather in front of the rock of Gibraltar.
I always wanted to see Orcas. They fascinate me because of their intelligence and unbelievable hunting techniques. And as I knew I was going to Tarifa to work as a volunteer for firmm, I also knew there was a chance for me to see them...
It has almost been a week without seeing Orcas. The fishermen had not seen any either. But then on Wednesday evening we received a call from the tuna fishermen that Orcas had been with their boats during the day! So we had to change our plans and headout to look for Orcas. And what surprising days we were going to have….
