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One of the several marine bases along the coast of Albania © Philippe Henry / Ocean 71

Albania: a journey to the ‘Land of Eagles’

Our most recent expedition took us to Albania, a country with unchartered waters that was closed to the outside world for most of the 20th century and which is only just starting to reveal its secrets. The ‘Land of Eagles’ as it is known is allegedly peppered with unexploded naval mines, soldiers, and smugglers, but [...]

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Unloading Swordfish under observation © Philippe Henry / Ocean71

Malta – Traditional fishing drowned in regulations

  Small fishing village of Marsaxlokk (pronounce “Marsachlok“), in the southern part of the island of Malta, late afternoon. Paul Piscopo is not really the emotional type. He has been a commercial fisherman all his life and, for years, has been at the head of the fishing cooperative catering to the fishermen of the southern [...]

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Bluefin Tuna – Dive in Azzopardi’s Farm (Malta)

Some of the pictures Philippe Henry took, while on an exceptional dive into a bluefin tuna pen off the coast of Malta.

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Mgarr harbour © Philippe Henry / Ocean 71

Stranded in Malta, for worse… and better

    We should have been in Lampedusa for a week now… And we are still in Malta. It is a fact. It’s not for lack of trying. Last Monday, we were writing a few lines explaining we were ready to leave Malta to rally the small Italian island of Lampedusa and release sea turtles [...]

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