A school of small mackerel called “Akule” gather in the tens of thousands to form a tight bait ball in order to protect themselves from predators, most notoriously the sharks of Hawaii. But sometimes ...

In earlier days a konohiki, or local overseer, at Hanalei and other coastal areas on Kaua’i dictated how many outrigger canoe loads of the fish could be caught each fishing season. Today there is no ...

Photographer Wayne Levin is fascinated by synchronicity, and considering the artistic muse he’s found—the humble Hawaiian fish known as akule—it’s really hard to blame him. It’s not really right to ...

A while back, I stumbled across a mysterious school of photos, as it were, somewhere, way out at Internet sea. They were mysterious and magical scenes of underwater flora and fauna; schools of fish, ...