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Are tabu areas really taboo?

Kusima. That’s the Fijian word for an overwhelming desire to eat fish. The last high chief of the district that contains Fiji’s first capital, Levuka, had copious kusima. The fish he ate could only come from his own designated fishing spot called Vadalevu. And before he passed away he asked …

Here Fishy Fishy

A curious visit by a human or motored robotic vehicle likely sends deep-water fish fleeing. It’s difficult to accurately tally fish if we …

Mutiny on the Reef

(guest blogger for Wildlife Conservation Society, FIji) After the mutineers left Captain William Bligh to steer his own course, Bligh probably didn’t …