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  • Fishing boats moored in Futo harbor, Izu Peninsula, Japan
    futo-harbor-fishing-boats-izu-penins...tif
  • Sorting through the morning catch in the small fishing port of Futo Harbor
    futo-harbor-japan-fishing-201006-006...tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, crouching down on the rocks and thinking about what to do as bad weather moves in and reduces visibility
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0313.tif
  • Inaba-san lighting a fire to warm up in the morning prior to heading to sea. Inaba-san is the last Ama diver working in Futo Harbor
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0016.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0074.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0071.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0023.tif
  • Inaba-san’s boat tied-up at Futo Harbor. The name of the vessel is Atsu-maru. Inaba-san also goes by the name Atsumaru-san. As is the case with other fishermen in Japan, the vessel is the center of Inaba-san’s life.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0271.tif
  • Inaba-san at Futo harbor, Izu Peninsula, Japan
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0056.tif
  • Inaba-san looking out from the window of the hut she uses to prepare for work, assessing conditions to decide whether to go out to sea. Inaba-san is the last Ama diver in Futo harbor.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0069.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, making her way across the rocks as she looks for Turbo sazae sea snails, with bad weather moving in overhead, lowering light levels and visibility
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0330.tif
  • Inaba-san, husband and wife, preparing for a day at sea. The husband captains their boat and maintains the hookah system, while the wife forages in the water. The wife is the last Ama diver in Futo harbor.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0139.tif
  • Inaba-san warming up in front of a fire before heading to sea. She is the last active Ama diver in Futo Harbor, Izu Peninsula, Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0066.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0171.tif
  • Inaba-san, the only remaining Ama diver in Futo harbor, getting ready to go into the ocean for work. The metal tool in her hand is used to pry shells from the rocks. She keeps what she gathers in the yellow net, which can be brought up to the surface by her husband and exchanged for a new net while she is still submerged. The hoses supply air and facilitate voice communication to ensure coordination between the husband and wife team.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0331.tif
  • Inaba-san captains the boat that he and his wife use as a platform for his wife’s diving. His wife is the last working Ama diver in Futo harbor. Here, he is surveying the ocean before heading out.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0134.tif
  • Inaba-san holding the trademark red gloves she uses while working underwater, searching for shells and other edible items. Inaba-san is the last Ama diver in Futo harbor.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0086.tif
  • Inaba-san, the last active Ama diver in Futo harbor, searching for shellfish. The hose supplies air to her, as well as audio communication with her husband, who is on the boat. Inside the yellow net basket are Turbo sazae sea snails, which are a popular food item in Japan.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0192.tif
  • Inaba-san, the only remaining Ama diver in Futo harbor, getting ready to go into the ocean for work. The metal tool in her hand is used to pry shells from the rocks. She keeps what she gathers in the yellow net, which can be brought up to the surface by her husband and exchanged for a new net while she is still submerged. The hoses supply air and facilitate voice communication to ensure coordination between the husband and wife team.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0333.tif
  • Looking straight down into the mouth of a dragon moray eel (Enchelycore pardalis). The extra row of teeth in the middle of the fish's upper jaw is visible. These teeth help prevent prey from escaping the eels jaws. Photographed at Futo harbor in the Izu Peninsula of Japan.
    dragon-moray-eel-Enchelycore-pardali...tif
  • Inaba-san husband and wife team getting cleaned up after two hours of gathering shellfish
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0429.tif
  • Inaba-san putting on her wetsuit and other gear to go into the ocean
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0286.tif
  • Inaba-san cleaning her face mask in preparation for going to work underwater
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0306.tif
  • Inaba-san in the water, with air hose in the foreground and safety line extending into the background
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0052.tif
  • Inaba-san climbing back onto her fishing boat after gathering seafood
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0406.tif
  • Inaba-san husband and wife Ama diver team departing for a few hours of work at sea
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0512.tif
  • Inaba-san getting back on to the boat after spending two hours in the water looking for shellfish
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0426.tif
  • Atsumaru-san moving the boat to keep pace with his wife in the water
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0387.tif
  • Inaba-san holding an edible gastropod she collected in the ocean, with more in the basket below. This Turbo sazae sea snail is a popular food item in Japan. It was misclassified as Turbo cornutus from 1786 until 2017.
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0369.tif
  • Inaba-san adjusting her mask and breathing hose before going into the ocean to work
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0316.tif
  • Cute juvenile yellow Japanese inflator filefish (Brachaluteres ulvarum) with pink lips, in front of a pink soft coral. Photographed in the Izu Peninsula, Japan.
    cute-japanese-inflator-filefish-juve...tif
  • Inaba-san carrying a net nearly filled with Turbo sazae sea snails. Once the net is full, she signals to her husband on the boat, who pulls the net up and sends down an empty net
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006=0162.tif
  • Inaba-san donning her mask and breathing hose before going into the ocean to work
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0310.tif
  • Inaba-san husband and wife team chatting before heading to sea
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0143.tif
  • Felix the Cat matches that Inaba-san uses to light her warming fire each day before heading to sea
    ama-diver-izu-japan-200904-0114.tif
  • Colorful dragon moray eel (Enchelycore pardalis), a fish that is relatively common in the waters around the Izu Peninsula of Japan
    dragon-moray-eel-enchelycore-pardali...tif
  • Inaba-san getting back on the fishing boat after spending two hours in the water collecting shellfish, happy with the fruits of her labor
    ama-diver-izu-japan-201006-0463.tif
  • Colorful and charismatic dragon moray eel (Enchelycore pardalis) living among boulders and rock formations off the east coast of the Izu Peninsula in Japan. These charismatic eels are so common in the area that local divers ignore them.
    dragon-moray-eel-enchelycore-pardali...tif
  • Dragon moray eel living among boulders and rock formations off the east coast of the Izu Peninsula in Japan. These charismatic eels are common in the area, so much so that local divers ignore them.
    dragon-moray-eel-mouth-open-Enchelyc...tif
  • Exceptionally low numbers of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) showed up in the rivers of Japan during the breeding season of 2024. Though the reason for this stark absence is not clear, it is possible that warmer than normal ocean temperatures played a role. Despite the discouraging circumstances, this lone male and a handful of females gathered beneath a small waterfall in preparation for spawning, providing some hope for the future. Photographed in Hokkaido, Japan.
    oncorhynchus-gorbuscha-pink-salmon-2...tif
  • This is a male pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) opening his mouth. This fish and others were gathered in a river to prepare for spawning. Photographed in Hokkaido, Japan.
    oncorhynchus-gorbuscha-pink-salmon-2...tif
  • This is a female pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) opening her mouth. This fish and others were gathered in a river to prepare for spawning. Photographed in Hokkaido, Japan.
    oncorhynchus-gorbuscha-pink-salmon-2...tif
  • This is a female pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) opening her mouth. This fish and others were gathered in a river to prepare for spawning. Photographed in Hokkaido, Japan.
    oncorhynchus-gorbuscha-pink-salmon-2...tif
  • This is a male pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) patrolling a river during reproductive season. Photographed in Hokkaido, Japan.
    oncorhynchus-gorbuscha-pink-salmon-2...tif
  • Shown here are a male and female pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) coming together in preparation for spawning. The fish were resting beneath a waterfall created by an erosion dam, where they were not visible to potential predators from above. Photographed in Hokkaido, Japan.
    oncorhynchus-gorbuscha-pink-salmon-2...tif
  • This is a female pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) that has swum into a river to prepare for spawning. Photographed in Hokkaido, Japan.
    oncorhynchus-gorbuscha-pink-salmon-2...tif
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