Japan's sushi appetite pushes prized bluefin tuna to brink

AS A boy, Yoshio Yamada would stand on Misaki's docks and watch in awe as his fisherman father heaved giant bluefin tuna off his wooden boat and into the nearby marketplace.

The disappearing bluefin stirs calls for urgent action

Traditional fishermen are appealing for government intervention as the number of fish dramatically shrinks, writes Justin Norrie in Tokyo.

The Shaun identity

He's always had a cult following. But this year, at the age of 47, Shaun Micallef finally broke into the mainstream - which, he says, was a complete surprise. By Susannah Walker.

Cycle by day, craic by night

Richard Tulloch joins a five-star bike tour and imbibes the culture of Connemara on the rugged west coast.

All Down To My Credit

I'VE just sold my first thing on eBay. A fishing reel, for a princely $15. I feel . . . well, I feel like I've done something important for the first time.

Ogle Bails Out

OUR gifted but skittish golfer Brett Ogle, has gone fishing. Turning his back on the American tour, despite an early season triumph at Pebble Beach, Ogle, wife Maggie and baby boy Christopher are winding their way up the North Queensland coast with a fishing reel at the ready and not a gol