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 ...

I was on a boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about to taste real life in the Maldives. A crew of fishermen from Sun Siyam Iru Veli, located in the Dhaalu Atoll, set up the fishing lines.

One of the Maldives most instantly recognisable symbols, dhoni have been used since ancient times for fishing and exploration. Traditionally built from coconut timber with distinct curved bow ...

The slogan and logo’s environmental theme is also designed to support the Maldives’ fishing industry: sustainable, pole and line caught tuna is the country’s second biggest export, after tourism. “The ...

KOCHI: A Maldivian national, who suffered critical injuries in an attack by a barracuda fish during a fishing expedition ... the ocean floor at night in the Maldives when he was attacked by ...