By Peter Mous. On a nautical chart, one might easily overlook the small islands of the Banda Sea. They are, however, oases of reef biodiversity, and most of these reefs are still in very good condition. The main threat to these reefs is over-fishing, either by fishers from nearby villages or by fishers from the […]
By Peter Mous. During the conservation trips with Seven Seas in November 2020, April 2021, and November 2021, we visited various villages to see if the village administrations would be interested to engage in a conservation agreement with Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara (YKAN), an Indonesia non-governmental organization. The idea is to involve villagers in conservation
By Jade Hyde. A Seven Seas Voyage for the purposes of fish conservation studies, mapping new dive sites and a team of explorers capturing Psycho-Anthropologist, Dr. Lawrence Blair in his element in the archipelago of Indonesia. This unique, purpose-driven trip is being written about while still aboard and in the moment with this outstanding vessel
By Mark Heighes. Last year midway through 2020 while sitting around with Seven Seas crippled by Covid, I had an idea! What if I could use the resources available to do something good for the ocean that has given us all so much over the years? So, I found some backing from a repeat client
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By Marc Fruitema & Ellie Lovett. We received the call up from Captain Mark three weeks prior to boarding our flight for what was to become an incredible adventure. He informed us that there would be a continuation of the “Epic Trip” journeys launched the year before, and that we were invited to join an
By Foued Kaddachi. October 1982, Mr Lambs, my History-Geography teacher, is standing in front of the Black board with the word “Photography” written on in. I’m thirteen years old and it’s my first lesson of the “Photographer’s Club” at the Molière High school of Colmar in Alsace, France. He asked: “what does this word mean?”
By Peter Mous. Yesterday, Bas called me. Bas works for a fish trading company, and he was wondering about the recent drop in the supply of high-quality yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares, known in Indonesia as madidihang. As a fisheries expert, I am always both flattered and embarrassed by such questions: Flattered, because the trade seems
By Lida Pet-Soede. Photos by Varsha, Guillaume, Foued, Alex & Lida. Our “EPIC 1” sojourn of November 2020 was going to be hard to beat, but taking the long route home from Papua to Komodo, “EPIC 2” held a lot of promise. Doing their homework first, Mark and Jos checked old notes and asked around
By Peter Mous. I am on a steep slope, at 25 meters depth, in warm water and with good visibility of about 15 meters, a gentle current carrying me along—10 minutes into the dive, I realize that this is a special site, and that we are diving it at the right time. A large school
By Purwanto. During more than 20 years as I counted fish underwater, I have counted myself lucky as well. Since I got my marine science degree from Diponegoro University in Semarang, and as part of my job with The Nature Conservancy in Komodo, Wakatobi and Raja Ampat and now with the Coral Triangle Center, I
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