Fishing
As salmon farming booms, Icelanders size up an existential threat
Seyðisfjörður — The industry has seen huge growth in recent years, with millions of fish being farmed in the Atlantic Ocean. But who benefits from its commercial success, and what does it mean for the ocean? Phil Young ventures to the remote country to find out.
Written by: Phil Young
Dredging and drifting with the last wild oyster fishermen of the River Fal
Cornish pearls — Using only the power of the wind and centuries-old traditional techniques, harvesting oysters in the last wild fishery in England is a sustainable, yet dying, practice. Jack Burke goes trawling with Jason, one of the few keeping it alive, to find out more.
Written by: Jack Burke
Meet the fishing collective reclaiming the sea for Black Brits
We Are Black Fish — Black people have long been excluded from Britain’s rural and coastal spaces. Speech Debelle and Alexis Lee’s community “hook up” events are changing that – one gathering, one cast, one fire at a time.
Written by: Naomi Clarke
Photos documenting a lost 1970s fishing community in Hull
For almost two decades, photographer Alec Gill made pictures of Hessle Road’s vibrant community, in the face of a declining trawling industry and regeneration programmes.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The North East fishers taking on the Tories over die-offs
Stop the dredge — Mass crustacean die-offs in the North East have led a community of fishermen to take action to save their seas.
Written by: Sam Haddad
Inside the small fishing town when the largest wave ever surfed hit the shore
After Nazaré — After Garrett McNamara rode that world-record breaking 90ft wave, Praia De Norte became a global spectacle; the new home of big wave surfing. But when the the waves became a source of revenue the way of life in this town had to change.
Written by: Max Gayler
