Ancient encounters

Issue 47

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A deep connection

Off the rugged, wild west coast of Ireland, ancient messengers from the deep emerge. For Matěj Molěs and George Karbus, this is not just another encounter with a basking shark – for no two encounters are the same. But a chance to reflect on a deep and shared connection between people, place, and our natural history.

Paradise lost

On a voyage into an ominous future, Asli and his family continue to preserve a millennia-old bond between humans and the sea, while their fellow sea nomads drift ever closer to the contemporary marketplace, where lived skill and cultural practice gradually sink into urban civilisation.

The Hasegawa outlook

Captain Hasegawa has spent his life mastering one trade: deep-sea fishing. While most fishermen in the region chase tuna, the Hasegawas cast their lines into the depths to harvest a diverse array of seafood. From ancestral practices to modern conservation, a rare partnership reveals the mysteries beneath Suruga Bay.

NOISE: A silent emergency?

Noise is a significant and growing problem for marine life. At the United Nations Ocean Conference in June 2025, the High Ambition Coalition For A Quiet Ocean was launched, a coalition of countries working to raise awareness about the dangers of noise pollution and to push for international action. Because just as rapidly as ocean noise is increasing in volume, it can be stopped. All we need is the ambition to make the ocean a safer – quieter – place for the life within it.

And just like sprat

From its iconic skyline to its cultural cornucopia of finance, media, fashion, and food – there is much that New York City dominates the global stage for. But what about the deep, cultural connection it and its inhabitants share with the ocean environment? The Billion Oyster Project is on a mission to revive that relationship and restore the shorelines of Manhattan to their once abundant and vibrant richness in marine and coastal life.

BEHIND THE LENS: Jade Hoksbergen

In this edition of Behind the Lens, we talk with underwater photographer Jade Hoksbergen. .

COLUMNISTS:

Brianna Freun is a Samoan climate activist and environmental advocate. In her first column for us, she explores the story of her home – the ocean – and the collective fight across the Pacific islands to best protect it.
Alarmed by the recent government-issued report into global biodiversity loss, Hugo Tagholm, executive director of Oceana UK places us at a crossroads where inaction now means the collapse of ecosystems and economic systems alike.

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