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Whalers Cabin in Point Lobos State Reserve.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Whalers Cabin Museum

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.
Legend has it that the beam is as long as a Viking's oar.
vikings

These Scots Still Fish Like the Vikings

But it's not clear whether future generations will keep the tradition alive.
Matthew Taub February 11, 2020
Here's the catch: Dried cod is Norway's oldest export industry.
vikings

How Dried Cod Became a Norwegian Staple and an Italian Delicacy

The lucrative stockfish trade dates back to the Viking days.
Roff Smith February 7, 2020
A fisherman lights lanterns on Lake Kivu in 2019.
music

The Language Used Only by Lake Kivu's Fishermen

As they paddle out each night, they sing in a disappearing language.
Leah Feiger January 20, 2020
Charles Cotton's Fishing House
Derbyshire, England

Charles Cotton's Fishing House

This small building nestled along the Dove River is seen by some as the birthplace of angling as a sport.
A Nassau grouper off the coast of Cuba.
islands

In Little Cayman, Things Are Looking Up for the Enormous, Friendly Nassau Grouper

Signs of recovery for the so-called "puppies of the sea."
Sabrina Imbler January 10, 2020
Invasive blue catfish only have one known predator: humans.
animals

Invasive Catfish Are Rewriting Chesapeake Bay Cuisine

An unloved invader has found its way onto menus across the region.
Luke Fater January 9, 2020
San Diego, California

Fathom Bistro, Bait, and Tackle

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.
A group of fish loitering around the discharge of the Sydney Desalination Plant.
salt

Fish Flock to the Super-Salty Wastewater of the Sydney Desalination Plant

Sydney's technological solution for drought is having unexpected effects on marine life.
Sabrina Imbler January 2, 2020
Port de Pêche.
Nouakchott, Mauritania

Port de Pêche

Thousands of colorful pirogues showcase ingenious craftsmanship at the largest fishermen port in Nouakchott.
A green sea turtle, tangled in a ghost net in 2014.
ghosts

Ghost Nets Haunt the World's Oceans, Hunting Beyond the Grave

Who you gonna call?
Sabrina Imbler October 28, 2019
“Your reputation relies upon making good boats that last,” McKay says. “And if you don’t adapt with the times, then you’ll go out of business. This place has always adapted with the times, which has kept it in business.”
museums

America's Oldest Boat Shop Has Been Making Hunky Dories for 226 Years

Lowell’s preserves tradition—and maintains relevance—by adapting to the times.
James Freitas October 15, 2019
Boats on a lake, available for rental.
San Miguel Regla, Mexico

Bosque de las Truchas (Forest of the Trouts)

This active fish farm has opened and expanded its lands to become a multi-faceted tourist attraction.
Lake Posta Fibreno
Carpello, Italy

Lake Posta Fibreno

This serene, turquoise lake in an extraordinary nature reserve showcases a rare natural phenomenon.
Only a few inches long, Sloan's viperfish is an apex predator in the twilight zone.
oceans

The Ocean's Eerie Twilight Zone Is in Murky Legal Water

Scientists are trying to keep one of the world’s last great wildernesses intact.
Sabrina Imbler September 5, 2019
The notebooks had been hidden in a basement for decades.
food

Found: Slime-Covered Notebooks Full of Conservation Data and Fish Scales

Century-old data paints a grim picture of salmon populations in British Columbia.
Reina Gattuso August 28, 2019
Galway City, Ireland

Fishery Watchtower Museum

Originally built to monitor fishing, this Victorian tower now educates visitors about the local salmon industry.
A captive beluga sturgeon (<em>Huso huso</em>), the largest freshwater fish species in the world.
endangered animals

The Last Refuge of Eurasia’s Giant River Dwellers

From poaching and dams and climate, sturgeon in Georgia are facing extinction.
Isaac Schultz August 8, 2019