Silver Sprat: The Top Bait for Maldivian Fishermen to Catch Tuna

During the early 1990s, my uncle Fikreebe would bring home these little fish, called locally as rehi—the silver sprat. My […]

The basis of the oceanic food web

The marine biodiversity and ecosystem include a wide range of organisms, from minute animals such as most zooplankton and phytoplankton

If we are new to popping or have seen a lot of them on the market, some lures might be

One day in 2011, I hurried to reach the harbor of our island, Fuvahmulah. It was a beautiful day on

It was a lovely day on Thoondu, Fuvahmulah’s northern beach, some 30 years ago. An event called maahibun, which

There have been several shark attacks on our bait or catches while we are fishing for yellowfin tuna off the

There are a lot of reasons why the Maldives’ marine biodiversity is unique. Underwater life in the Maldives is

Stickbaits are hard plastic or wooden lures. These are tapered, streamlined, and sunk or suspended. Some people believe that at