Start of the new season on the 18th of June 2021

From the 12th of June, reservations for our daily boat trips can once again be made by phone or online. We look forward to our whale watching trips starting on the 18th of June.

See you soon in Tarifa, Katharina Heyer and the firmm team

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28.02.2018 22:47

20th firmm gathering on February 17th 2018 in Aarau

The annual firmm meeting had a very special theme. This year the foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary!
Therefore, a large number of people came to celebrate this anniversary and to acknowledge firmm's work of many years.

14.02.2018 10:50

Katharina and the „Gschtabi“

Katharina sits calmly between the presenter Sonja Hasler and Edy Hubacher. On February 11^th she is guest on the programme „Persönlich (Personally) of the Swiss radio channel SRF1.Over half a million listeners follow this popular radio talk show every Sunday morning.

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10.01.2018 23:08

The Saison 2017 – a retrospective

In the season of 2017 Tarifa has once again shown its rough side.

25.11.2017 22:35

The University of Basel awards an honorary doctorate to Katharina Heyer

On a beautiful mild sunny day Katharina received a very special kind of recognition. She has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel and is now entitled to call herself Dr. h. c (honoris causa).

10.11.2017 16:12

Animals available for adoption in the summer of 2017

We have seen the following animals in the past summer season 2017:

03.11.2017 16:12

Marine Biology Course in the Strait of Gibraltar – Travel Report 2017

We were a mixed group of biologists and MSD students (Master of Sustainable Development).

24.10.2017 16:12

Sometimes things turn out differently than you might think

I've been in Tarifa for 2.5 weeks already and had completed numerous boat trips in the Strait of Gibraltar through my work as a volunteer for firmm.

05.10.2017 16:12

An island made of sperm whales

The 25^th of September was to become a very special day in the history of sperm whale watching in the Strait of Gibraltar.

28.09.2017 13:44

About the marine noise pollution off Colombia

A few days ago I took part in a boat trip with firmm and used the opportunity to record the underwater sounds during whale watching.

19.09.2017 16:12

The orcas have said goodbye!

We saw the orcas for the first time this summer on June 30^th, 2017! It was the whole family of Camorro, the male and father of this group of 9.