In May 2007 I won a Guggenheim Fellowship that will fund the research for my next book, a look at sustainable fisheries and positive intiatives taking place around the world. Below are a few photos of my travels so far.
Kristan Porter of Cutler. Maine, setting lobster traps at dawn.
Sea Urchins up for bid on the dock at Quellon, Region X, Chile
Lancha Acarreo collecting sea urchins from a migrant fleet, a faena, near Isla William in Chile's remote Chonos Archipelago.
The faena leaving Isla William in search of more sea urchins.
Sea urchins for sal at the fish market in Valdivia, Chile
The Central Chile sardine fleet, rusting on the beach after fishing outthe stocks.
In defense of Marx, advertisement for a lecture at the University of Chile, Santiago.
Dreaming of sustainable fisheries in Iceland.
Gudrun Palsdottir, fisheries activist and small boat owner, Flateyri, Iceland
Baiting trawl in Iceland
Jenni, a small boat fisherman, hauling longline off the coast of Iceland.
Really fresh fish.
Last night with new friends in Reykjavik, passing on my free bicycle to Chooc Ly Tan (the woman in black), a sculptor spending the summer in Iceland.
Eagle River, Ak, with my tent pitched on the exact same spot I camped in 1982, the first time I came to Alsaka.
Children's art from rural Alaska, depicting subsistence fishing.
Fishing boats in the Yupik village of Toksook Bay, Alaska.
Herring drying, Toksook Bay.
Seining Dale Mitchell's herring weir, The Abanaki, Deer Island, New Brunswick, Canada.
Hauling the seine at the end of the day.
The most sustainable fishing technology I have found: the weir.
Hauling a beach seine, Kovallam, Kerala, India.
The canoe used to set the beach seine. The planks are fastened to the frames with tarred string.
Beach side fish market and auction, Vizhinjam, Kerala. India.
Fish vendors, Vizhinjam.
Members of a fish vendors collective, Valiathura, Kerala, India.
Shrimp peeler, near Alleppey, Kerala
A blind girl among the gleaners on a fishing beach in Kerala, India
Mussel diver and vendor, Kerala, India