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Finding Albacore

The Chase Is On: Finding Albacore

Atlantic Ocean, United StatesBy Riley LoveJanuary 30, 2022

North Carolina is a romantic coast. Pale windswept dunes covered with waving sea oats and diagonally reaching juniper trees stir a solemn melancholy in the spirit. This is truly art in nature, which the human hand attempts but rarely perfects to such mea­sure. The encroachment of civili­zation feels luckless. The white sands and clear water…

River of Silver Kings

The River of Silver Kings

Atlantic Ocean, Costa Rica, Science, TarponBy Riley LoveJuly 30, 2020

Tarpon Fishing in Costa Rica I still think of the old painting from time to time. In a qui­et, intuitive moment it will spread across the whole frontal view from the Captain Kirk’s chair of my mind. Renown historical­ly as the first record of the fishing reel, I described it in an article on the…

Sailfish Primer

Sails: a Sailfish Primer

Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, Key West, Pacific Ocean, Panama, ScienceBy Riley LoveOctober 30, 2014

OCEANOGRAPHY AND GENETICS The dawn of the nineteenth century was an exciting era. Science and geo­graphic exploration were hand in hand discovering the nature of our world and for the first time organizing those discoveries of flora and fauna with the binomial nomenclature system of Linnaeus (the Latin derivation of Carl von Linne). Although familiar…

Metropolitan Tarpon of San Juan

The Metropolitan Tarpon of San Juan

Atlantic Ocean, Philosophy, Puerto Rico, TarponBy Riley LoveSeptember 30, 2013

There have been many nights spent far up unnamed river tributaries, the only sounds those of tiny frogs, the rustle of wind in the thatch roof and a distant deep voice of mystery from the jungle. But not this time. Not in this place. San Juan, Puerto Rico, waits until well past the witching hour…

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