Pole-and-line fishing is one of only a dozen legal fishing practices in the Maldives. “We take one fish at a time and we only take the target species,” explains Dr M. Shiham Adam, director of ...

These massive fish (the wingspans of Maldives mantas can reach 12 feet) are dynamic filter feeders, shoveling their shoe-box mouths through krill like threshers through wheat, inhaling prey.

Tuna, wahoo and mahi mahi are a few of the local types of fish you can expect to find on menus in the Maldives. Other popular dishes include hedika (a kind of Maldivian tapas featuring savory ...

Beneath the Maldives azure waters is an underwater world absolutely teeming with life. With its colourful coral reefs, turtles, whale sharks and sites suitable for snorkellers and divers of all ...

Discussions are underway between China and the Maldives to install devices on fish aggregating devices (FADs) placed in the ocean to collect chemical and physical information of the sea in ...

The 32-year-old was was collecting sea cucumbers from the ocean floor at night in the Maldives when he was attacked by the barracuda fish. Its powerful bite caused severe injuries to his spinal ...

Best known for sun, sea and sand, Libby Brodie discovers an island nation that has an enviable wine culture lurking below the surface ...