Yasir Salih - Maldives My Islands

I remember our late uncle Abdulla Rafeeq detailing the strikes on the bait we used to catch yellowfin tuna. “E […]

The first records of whale sharks in the Indian Ocean

In 1828, the first whale shark was documented in the Indian Ocean. The species’ first scientific recording and historic records

Diving poppers have thinner faces and a slimmer body structure. The popping face will be angled slightly upward. This

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

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 marks