Secret symphonies
Issue 45
About this edition: Listen to the sounds of reef recovery in French Polynesia / Ride out to sea on horseback with traditional shrimp fishermen in Belgium / Journey to remote Scotland to explore wild islands where birds fly free from human interaction / Visit the Maldives and discover the impacts of locally-led grassroots ocean conservation / Discover the ocean's smallest biggest whale with Oceanographic's Storyteller in Residence
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Secret symphonies
Swapping his life in Silicon Valley for Mo’orea, Coral Gardeners’ CTO, Drew Gray takes us on an acoustic journey through coral reef restoration in French Polynesia and the positive impact efforts are having on biodiversity and megafauna within the South Pacific.
Bushes walking on sand
In Belgium, a confluence of human over-fishing and climate change is pushing the 500-year-old tradition of horseback shrimp fishing to the brink of obsolesence. We meet the small community of fishers fighting to keep old habits alive.
The edge of obsolete
Mingulay, located at the bottom of the Outer Hebrides, is a place nature has reclaimed for herself. Here, populations of puffins and Great Skua appear to be building resilience to bird influenza. This month, Cal Major answers the call of the wild.
Men of the sea
Despite the deep cultural connection many Maldivians share with the ocean, there are communities among the younger generation that lack access to it altogether. The RahVeshi programme is helping those youths reconnect to protect.
Canada’s great white mystery
Of all the ocean’s great voyagers, the pygmy blue whale has been and remains the most elusive and mysterious. Storyteller in Residence, Mads St Claire dives into the world of the ocean’s smallest biggest whale and asks how can we start to better protect it?
BEHIND THE LENS: OPY2025
In a special edition of Behind the Lens, we take a look at the winning images from this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year, including 2025’s overall winner.
COLUMNISTS:
- Ian Urbina, investigative journalist and director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, recounts the fascinating tale of the individuals who fled to the high seas to establish their own new nations and how it was nature that betrayed them.
- Callum Roberts, Professor of Marine Conservation at the University of Exeter in the UK and an Oceanographic Columnist, explores our fatal attraction to and love-hate relationship with carbon; the building block of life and architect of its demise.
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