The Silver Spark of the Maldives: A Journey with Rehi

During the early 1990s, my uncle Fikreebe would often come home with small, shimmering fish known locally as rehi—the […]

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 afternoon in 2011, I hurried toward the harbor of my island, Fuvahmulah. The day was clear and bright, the

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

The Maldives is celebrated for its extraordinary marine biodiversity, and there are many reasons why its underwater world is unlike

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