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Two whale tales. In case you want some good vibrations. In 2017, marine biologist Nan Hauser was in the Cook Islands working on a documentary about humpback whales. She slid off the boat with her go pro camera on and swam towards some whales they observed.
Two whale tales. In case you want some good vibrations. In 2017, marine biologist Nan Hauser was in the Cook Islands working on a documentary about humpback whales. She slid off the boat with her go pro camera on and swam towards some whales they observed.
September 5, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Embrace Earth 🌎 Day✨ every day! Wearable symbol of our dedication to sustainability in partnership with 4oceans…recycled plastic and glass meets chic little reminder that our choices matter.
Choose CRUNCHI®…
for uncompromising clean beauty and a side of bling! The sea turtles will thank you!!
Choose CRUNCHI®…
for uncompromising clean beauty and a side of bling! The sea turtles will thank you!!
April 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Embrace Earth 🌎 Day✨ every day! Wearable symbol of our dedication to sustainability in partnership with 4oceans…recycled plastic and glass meets chic little reminder that our choices matter.
Choose CRUNCHI®…
for uncompromising clean beauty and a side of bling! The sea turtles will thank you!!
Choose CRUNCHI®…
for uncompromising clean beauty and a side of bling! The sea turtles will thank you!!
2024’s Total Impact: 6,697,325 Pounds of Trash Removed By 4Oceans
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2024's Total Impact: 6,697,325 Pounds of Trash Removed By 4Oceans - The Scuba News
Between now and 2050, FOUR TIMES MORE plastic will be produced than in all of human history, and much of it is destined to end up in the ocean.
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January 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
2024’s Total Impact: 6,697,325 Pounds of Trash Removed By 4Oceans
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Image of a large "V" #fishtraps at Hauteville-sur-Mer; it is a fishery, an age-old wooden fishing structure. Hauteville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Manche department in #Normandy in north-western #France. 1/5
#coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum
#coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum
July 28, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Image of a large "V" #fishtraps at Hauteville-sur-Mer; it is a fishery, an age-old wooden fishing structure. Hauteville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Manche department in #Normandy in north-western #France. 1/5
#coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum
#coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum
Examples of some modern traps and #fishweirs are used in rivers and sea in #Cambodia for fish, crabs and cephalopods. The use of #fishweirs & regulation has impacted both positively & negatively on the ecology and life of the people of Cambodia. 1/4
#coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum
#coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum
July 26, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Examples of some modern traps and #fishweirs are used in rivers and sea in #Cambodia for fish, crabs and cephalopods. The use of #fishweirs & regulation has impacted both positively & negatively on the ecology and life of the people of Cambodia. 1/4
#coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum
#coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum
Images of #Yoruba #African #indigenouspeople fishermen with #fishweir #trap called #Akobi at a riverbank near #Olokemeji #Nigeria. #Olokemeji was located 170 km inland from #Lagos in an area of deep #tropicforset with small rivers and seasonal lakes. #coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum
July 23, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Images of #Yoruba #African #indigenouspeople fishermen with #fishweir #trap called #Akobi at a riverbank near #Olokemeji #Nigeria. #Olokemeji was located 170 km inland from #Lagos in an area of deep #tropicforset with small rivers and seasonal lakes. #coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum
An example of the fish traps from the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest, coast of B.C., Canada. Its coastline bordering the Salish Sea and the Pacific has been home to indigenous peoples for 1000s of years and has several significant fish traps,weirs and clam gardens. 1/5
#coastalhistory #4oceans
#coastalhistory #4oceans
July 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
An example of the fish traps from the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest, coast of B.C., Canada. Its coastline bordering the Salish Sea and the Pacific has been home to indigenous peoples for 1000s of years and has several significant fish traps,weirs and clam gardens. 1/5
#coastalhistory #4oceans
#coastalhistory #4oceans
Worked necklace shells from a site in Bizkaia, Spain, dating 12,250BC. Concurrent with Azilian period (c. 12,500–10,000 years ago) was a transitional Epipaleolithic and Early Mesolithic culture in Southwestern Europe (France and Spain) (Itsasmuseum Bilbao). #coastalhistory #4oceans
July 19, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Worked necklace shells from a site in Bizkaia, Spain, dating 12,250BC. Concurrent with Azilian period (c. 12,500–10,000 years ago) was a transitional Epipaleolithic and Early Mesolithic culture in Southwestern Europe (France and Spain) (Itsasmuseum Bilbao). #coastalhistory #4oceans
The hum of life, in the silent blue of the coral reef in the #VaavuAtoll, #Maldives. Sunlight ripples along the shallow corals of the water column as fish pass in and out of my path.
#coastalhistory #4oceans
#coastalhistory #4oceans
July 18, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The hum of life, in the silent blue of the coral reef in the #VaavuAtoll, #Maldives. Sunlight ripples along the shallow corals of the water column as fish pass in and out of my path.
#coastalhistory #4oceans
#coastalhistory #4oceans
Learning in the blue! As an archaeologist, every time I start a project, I try to remember that, as modern as our scientific techniques are, we shouldn't abandon our traditional skills/observational methods honed over millions of years of evolution in this environment.
#coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3
#coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3
July 18, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Learning in the blue! As an archaeologist, every time I start a project, I try to remember that, as modern as our scientific techniques are, we shouldn't abandon our traditional skills/observational methods honed over millions of years of evolution in this environment.
#coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3
#coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3
Wood (bush) fishweir at St. Croix River around 1900. Built to catch river herring (alewife/gaspereau, and blueback herring). A fishing tradition that archaeology has shown involved river herring use and consumption in Passamaquoddy villages in the St. Croix Watershed.
#coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3
#coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3
July 18, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Wood (bush) fishweir at St. Croix River around 1900. Built to catch river herring (alewife/gaspereau, and blueback herring). A fishing tradition that archaeology has shown involved river herring use and consumption in Passamaquoddy villages in the St. Croix Watershed.
#coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3
#coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3
#Fishweirs/traps #CookIslands Representing 2 distinct fish trap types anga & hinahi. The anga a static none baited trap (A) used on inshore and rocky areas. The hinahi (B) baited trap is sunk in deep water, marked with floats on reefs and possibly offshore on long lines. 1/2 #coastalhistory #4oceans
July 9, 2026 at 6:47 AM
#Fishweirs/traps #CookIslands Representing 2 distinct fish trap types anga & hinahi. The anga a static none baited trap (A) used on inshore and rocky areas. The hinahi (B) baited trap is sunk in deep water, marked with floats on reefs and possibly offshore on long lines. 1/2 #coastalhistory #4oceans
‘Lady Annesley’s traps’ a stone #fishweir located at Newcastle Beach Co. Down Northern Ireland/UK. Located on the southern end of Newcastle Bay on the shores of the Irish Sea, two large stone fish traps are visible from the shore and from aerial photography.
1/6 #coastalhistory #4oceans
1/6 #coastalhistory #4oceans
July 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM
‘Lady Annesley’s traps’ a stone #fishweir located at Newcastle Beach Co. Down Northern Ireland/UK. Located on the southern end of Newcastle Bay on the shores of the Irish Sea, two large stone fish traps are visible from the shore and from aerial photography.
1/6 #coastalhistory #4oceans
1/6 #coastalhistory #4oceans
Drawing of the wood #fishtraps in #NamKanRiver, #Laos. Drawn 1882-1884 as part of the Dr Paul Neis undertook a scientific mission to Cochinchina (south Vietman) and Laos. Compared with a modem fish traps on #NamKanRiver & Champasak still in use today. #coastalhistory #4oceans
June 30, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Drawing of the wood #fishtraps in #NamKanRiver, #Laos. Drawn 1882-1884 as part of the Dr Paul Neis undertook a scientific mission to Cochinchina (south Vietman) and Laos. Compared with a modem fish traps on #NamKanRiver & Champasak still in use today. #coastalhistory #4oceans
Coloured drawing of fishermen working with a gill net/cast net,1790s-1800s, in northern Sweden or Finland are interesting comparisons to the written sources by Carl Linnaeus and his travelling apostles during the 18th century of such fishing techniques in local communities.
#coastalhistory #4oceans
#coastalhistory #4oceans
June 29, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Coloured drawing of fishermen working with a gill net/cast net,1790s-1800s, in northern Sweden or Finland are interesting comparisons to the written sources by Carl Linnaeus and his travelling apostles during the 18th century of such fishing techniques in local communities.
#coastalhistory #4oceans
#coastalhistory #4oceans
Classical Roman fish processing site exposed on the high-water mark at Trafalgar, Cape Trafalgar, in the Province of Cádiz in the southwest of Spain. In the 1805 naval Battle of Trafalgar, the Royal Navy combined Spanish/French fleet. 1/4 #coastalhistory #4oceans
June 26, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Classical Roman fish processing site exposed on the high-water mark at Trafalgar, Cape Trafalgar, in the Province of Cádiz in the southwest of Spain. In the 1805 naval Battle of Trafalgar, the Royal Navy combined Spanish/French fleet. 1/4 #coastalhistory #4oceans
Stone tidal weirs in #UnzenCity, #Nagasaki Prefecture, #Japan. During their history, a range of different terms and names were used for stone fishers across the #Japanese archipelago. Historically #weirs in western Japan were known as ishihibi or sukki. 1/5 #coastalhistory #4oceans
June 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Stone tidal weirs in #UnzenCity, #Nagasaki Prefecture, #Japan. During their history, a range of different terms and names were used for stone fishers across the #Japanese archipelago. Historically #weirs in western Japan were known as ishihibi or sukki. 1/5 #coastalhistory #4oceans
Ethnographic drawing of #Aotearoa #NewZealand #indigenouspeople #Māori fishing from canoes with cylindrical traps in Queen Charlotte Sound in 1770. Four people in the boats are shown wearing the pōtae tauā (often spelt potae-taua), a traditional Māori mourning cap/hat.1/3 #coastalhistory #4oceans
June 21, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Ethnographic drawing of #Aotearoa #NewZealand #indigenouspeople #Māori fishing from canoes with cylindrical traps in Queen Charlotte Sound in 1770. Four people in the boats are shown wearing the pōtae tauā (often spelt potae-taua), a traditional Māori mourning cap/hat.1/3 #coastalhistory #4oceans
Image of stake net fishing from the coast of #France from 1769. Duhamel de. Stake net fishing was a form of fixed wooden poles with nets between them. Used for fishing at shallow beaches, river mouths and estuaries for a range of fish like salmon, flounder and bass. 1/3
#coastalhistory #4oceans
#coastalhistory #4oceans
June 19, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Image of stake net fishing from the coast of #France from 1769. Duhamel de. Stake net fishing was a form of fixed wooden poles with nets between them. Used for fishing at shallow beaches, river mouths and estuaries for a range of fish like salmon, flounder and bass. 1/3
#coastalhistory #4oceans
#coastalhistory #4oceans
Early marine resource extraction from the coast of #SouthAfrica. #Archaeological record made up of #midden #shellfish #fishhooks and #fishingspears. With examples of #fishingscenes from caves at #Botsabelo, #Lesotho. #Fishweirs and fishing methods. #coastalhistory #4oceans
June 18, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Early marine resource extraction from the coast of #SouthAfrica. #Archaeological record made up of #midden #shellfish #fishhooks and #fishingspears. With examples of #fishingscenes from caves at #Botsabelo, #Lesotho. #Fishweirs and fishing methods. #coastalhistory #4oceans
Some images of the stone-walled intertidal fish traps at Struispunt, Western Cape of South Africa, located just east of the village of Arniston (Waenhuiskrans). The traps are located between Struispunt and Otter Bay on the rocky intertidal zone the bay. 1/4 #coastalhistory #4oceans
June 14, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Some images of the stone-walled intertidal fish traps at Struispunt, Western Cape of South Africa, located just east of the village of Arniston (Waenhuiskrans). The traps are located between Struispunt and Otter Bay on the rocky intertidal zone the bay. 1/4 #coastalhistory #4oceans
A seagull's view of some of the coastal heritage of the Atlantic coastline. #Fishweir traditions in the North Atlantic have been documented as far back as the Mesolithic period. Fish weirs have been part of humans' subsistence methods along the North Atlantic coast. #coastalhistory #4oceans 1/4
June 11, 2026 at 7:37 AM
A seagull's view of some of the coastal heritage of the Atlantic coastline. #Fishweir traditions in the North Atlantic have been documented as far back as the Mesolithic period. Fish weirs have been part of humans' subsistence methods along the North Atlantic coast. #coastalhistory #4oceans 1/4
Stone #fishweir aka “me” of the #MarshallIslands. Aligned around the outer edge, atoll large groupings of stone V-shaped weirs can be identified. Structurally, the traps come in two distinct forms: a U-shaped & V-shaped, with a round catch area at the eye of the weir. #coastalhistory #4oceans 1/5
June 10, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Stone #fishweir aka “me” of the #MarshallIslands. Aligned around the outer edge, atoll large groupings of stone V-shaped weirs can be identified. Structurally, the traps come in two distinct forms: a U-shaped & V-shaped, with a round catch area at the eye of the weir. #coastalhistory #4oceans 1/5
Images of past fieldwork on a stone #fishweirs #corrales at #Chipona. Located in the Province of Cádiz, the autonomous community of #Andalusia, #Spain. A tidal weir constructed by hand, using traditional fishing methods used by the local #community. #coastalhistory #4oceans 1/5
May 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Images of past fieldwork on a stone #fishweirs #corrales at #Chipona. Located in the Province of Cádiz, the autonomous community of #Andalusia, #Spain. A tidal weir constructed by hand, using traditional fishing methods used by the local #community. #coastalhistory #4oceans 1/5
When a titian dies! Whales, when they perish, start a process of decomposition. Sometimes they become whale falls, and sometimes they wash ashore. In nature, stranding onshore encouraged a host of other animals to feed on their carcass before humans started to take advantage
#coastalhistory #4oceans
#coastalhistory #4oceans
May 30, 2026 at 2:40 PM
When a titian dies! Whales, when they perish, start a process of decomposition. Sometimes they become whale falls, and sometimes they wash ashore. In nature, stranding onshore encouraged a host of other animals to feed on their carcass before humans started to take advantage
#coastalhistory #4oceans
#coastalhistory #4oceans