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Last Man Off: Author and Shipwreck Survivor Matt Lewis Discusses Disaster,...
Above: Likely the last (recoverable) photo taken of the Sudur Havid. All of Mr. Lewis’ photos from the voyage lie beneath the South Atlantic, somewhere to the west-northwest of South Georgia Island....
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(Mis)Adventures in #Vanlife with Raw Paua. Part III. A Tired Old Truck and a...
Scuttlefish writer Owen James Burke is currently rambling around New Zealand, living in a house truck with a camera, surfboard and speargun in search of stories, waves and fish. We’re putting together...
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This Is Why The Osprey Might Be the World’s Best Fisherman
Perhaps it was sheer luck, but that’s beside the point. Photo: Kristofer Rowe. Along the western Atlantic seaboard, a massive migration of menhaden (also known as “bunker” or “moss bunker”) begins in...
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Meet the 23-Year-Old Lobsterwoman Paying off College Loans by Living the...
Photo: Charlotte Wilder/Boston.com. “One thing I like about being a girl out here is that they can’t pay me less than a guy,” 23-year-old Maine lobster boat captain Sadie Samuels told Boston.com....
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100% Upcycled Salmon Skin Wallets: Sustainable and Stylish
A perfect gift for people that want to make sustainable buying choices. Image from Tidal Vision. Looking for a unique gift that helps support sustainable fishing, but isn’t the fish? Tidal Vision has...
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What Happens to a Tiny Caribbean Island That Says No to Tourism?
Photo: BBC Old Providence, or Isla de Providencia, Colombia, lies 140 miles off the coast of Nicaragua in the Caribbean. It has a small population of about 5,000-6,000 residents and, unlike...
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The Blob: How A Long, Strange Influx of Warm Water is Changing West Coast...
Recreational fishing has had a gangbuster season in San Diego, thanks to the presence of tropical fish not normally found in those waters, like the bluefin tuna shown here. Photo by Point Loma...
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What to Do with Tens of Thousands of Discarded Life Vests Piling Up in the...
Screenshot from the BBC’s video clip taken from Lesbos. An estimated three-quarters of a million migrants have made the shores of Europe this year alone, mostly in the Greek Islands bordering Turkey....
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Wish You Were Here: Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Northern Ireland
Photo credit: Chris Hill/National Geographic Creative. (Click to expand). The Carrik-a-Rede Rope Bridge, which Irish fishermen have crossed in order to tend to their salmon nets for more than three...
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More (Mis)Adventures in #Vanlife: No More Bananas Permitted Aboard Raw Paua.
Scuttlefish writer Owen James Burke is currently rambling around New Zealand in a camper van with a camera, surfboard and speargun in search of stories, waves and fish. We’re putting together a...
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Wish You Were Here: Watching the Fishermen in Carcavelos, Portugal
Photo: Owen James Burke. Lisbon is my favorite city in the world. Back when I was a devout surf rat, I’d pop out of school in the early afternoon, run home, grab my board and hop on the train along...
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Lessons in Boating: So This Is Why My Father Told Me Never to Buy an Aluminum...
Scuttlefish writer Owen James Burke is currently rambling around New Zealand in a camper van with a camera, surfboard and speargun in search of stories, waves and fish. We’re putting together a...
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This Is How the Ancient Māori of New Zealand Made Fishing Lures
Scuttlefish writer Owen James Burke is currently rambling around New Zealand in a camper van with a camera, surfboard and speargun in search of stories, waves and fish. We’re putting together a...
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Wish You Were Here: The Birthplace of Aotearoa and the Māori People –...
After what is now New Zealand’s discovery, the islands were named ‘Aotearoa’ which means ‘Land of the Long White Cloud’; seen here in the entrance to the Hokianga Harbor from the Tasman Sea. Photo by...
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Wish You Were Here: Traveling the Lost Coast, Northern California
Somewhere along the northern reaches of California State Highway One. Photo: Owen James Burke. There are few places left on earth as rife with life as Northern California’s Lost Coast. Several years...
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This Is Life in an Andaman Sea Village During Monsoon Season. A Photo Essay.
One moment, the Burmese coast of the Andaman Sea looked like this, frenzied and white-horsed, with gale force winds and pelting–literally stinging–rain. The next, it would abate to the sobering...
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On the Road to Meet the Andaman Sea Gypsies. Part II: Boating Amongst the...
Photo: Owen James Burke. A pale-gray haze lay over the port of Myeik, backed by a droning cacophony of outboard motors and dredges. Few were talking. Almost no one was smiling. The scene looked bleak,...
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A Thanks to Brian Lam, Matt Warshaw, Jeremy Spencer, Chronicle Books – and...
My first ever rejection letter. Courtesy of Surfer Magazine and Matt Warshaw. 1989. It’s weird the stuff you decide to file in your folder book of memories. The above note is one such recently found...
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Goodbye (for now)
Coming in 2017. A big book from your ocean loving friends at The Scuttlefish and Chronicle Books. Hey all, after a few years, hundreds of weird and interesting stories, and a lot of fun it’s time to...
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The World Loses a Formidable Force for Protection of West Coast Fisheries:...
Zeke Grader. Photo: PCFFA and courtesy of Sara Randall. “There are many good fishermen and great ones. But there is only you.” I couldn’t image a better quote than this, from Ernest Hemingway’s “The...
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