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What is Hakai Magazine?
Hakai Magazine is a coastal science and society publication: long-form and mid-length journalism about the ocean, shorelines and the people who depend on them. Its archive is preserved online after the magazine stopped publishing at the end of 2024, so it now functions as a reading resource rather than a news outlet with a current front page.
What you will find
- Reported features on marine science, fisheries, Indigenous knowledge and coastal communities—for example, a 4,600-word piece on Indigenous first responders on British Columbia's coast and a 3,500-word story on Haida and Tlingit canoe building in Alaska.
- Shorter explanatory articles, such as 850–900-word pieces on deep-sea mining and the International Seabed Authority.
- Reading-time estimates and word counts on articles, plus an audio edition of feature stories.
Who it suits
Readers who want narrative, reported storytelling rather than breaking news: students and researchers looking for context, teachers assembling coastal or ocean case studies, and general readers who prefer a single substantial article to a feed of short updates. Its emphasis on Indigenous and community perspectives makes it useful for anyone studying fisheries policy or coastal governance.
Trade-offs
The archive is deep but frozen: nothing new is added, and any developing story—deep-sea mining regulation, for instance—stops at late 2024. Check dates before citing anything as current. The team behind the magazine continues publishing ocean and coast stories at bioGraphic, which is the better starting point for new coverage.
Next step: if you need current reporting, begin at bioGraphic; if you need background or a well-told case study, search the Hakai archive by topic and note the publication date.
Where can I find new ocean and coastal stories now that Hakai Magazine has ceased publishing?
Hakai Magazine's archive remains online, but the publication stopped in late 2024, so new ocean and coastal stories are now appearing at bioGraphic, where the same team continues to publish. For readers who valued Hakai's long-form coastal science and society journalism, bioGraphic is the direct successor to follow.
What to expect
The archived Hakai site is still useful for its decade of reporting: features such as "The First First Responders," on Indigenous rescuers along British Columbia's coast, and "The Canoe in the Forest," on Haida and Tlingit canoe building, remain readable, and many features have an audio edition. Treat the archive as a research and reading resource rather than a news source.
For ongoing coverage, a few established outlets complement bioGraphic well:
| Outlet | Best for | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| bioGraphic | Visual, narrative stories on oceans and coasts from Hakai's former team | Newer archive; less frequent hard-news coverage |
| Hakai Magazine | Deep archive of coastal science and society features | No new articles |
| National Geographic | Broad ocean and environment reporting with strong photography | Mixed general-interest focus |
| Scientific American | Research-driven ocean and climate coverage | Shorter, more technical pieces |
A practical next step
If you followed Hakai for a specific beat—fisheries policy, Indigenous coastal stewardship, or deep-sea mining—start with bioGraphic and search its archive by topic, then set up its newsletter or RSS feed. For policy developments like the International Seabed Authority's mining code, pair that with a science news outlet that covers regulation as it happens.
How does Hakai Magazine's audio edition let me listen to feature articles?
Hakai Magazine's Audio Edition is a listening option for its feature articles, offered alongside the written versions. The site presents it as a way to hear features narrated rather than read them, and the archive shows this as a general feature of the publication rather than a per-article add-on.
What the page shows
- The site labels the option "Listen to our feature articles with the Hakai Magazine Audio Edition," placed among the feature listings.
- Feature stories carry length estimates in words and reading time (for example, "4,600 words, about 23 minutes"), which help you judge whether to read or listen.
- Longer features are the obvious candidates: a 17- to 23-minute read suits a commute or a walk, while short 2- to 4-minute pieces are quick reads either way.
Practical scenario
Suppose you want the piece on Indigenous rescuers along British Columbia's coast but have a long drive. You would open that feature and use the Audio Edition to listen instead of reading. For a 900-word piece on deep-sea mining, reading is likely faster than setting up audio.
What to check before relying on it
The page evidence does not specify how playback works—whether audio sits on each article page, in a separate feed or podcast, or requires an app. The archived site also notes that Hakai Magazine ceased publishing at the end of 2024, with its team continuing ocean and coast stories at bioGraphic (bioGraphic). That means the Audio Edition reflects the archived back catalogue, not new episodes.
Your next step: open a specific feature you want and look for the listen control or audio link on that article page; if it is not there, treat the Audio Edition as a back-catalogue feature and check the archived article page for how it was delivered.
What role do Indigenous rescuers play in coastal disaster response in British Columbia?
Indigenous rescuers are often the first on the scene when disaster strikes along British Columbia's coast, and government-led initiatives are beginning to formally recognize that work. That is the focus of a Hakai Magazine feature, "The First First Responders," which describes coastal Indigenous communities as frontline responders rather than peripheral helpers.
What the reporting shows
The article's framing suggests the role is practical and immediate: local knowledge of waterways, weather and terrain, plus crews already positioned in remote coastal places, lets Indigenous responders reach incidents before outside agencies can. Formal recognition matters because it can bring training, coordination and resources to work that has largely gone unsupported.
Why it matters to readers
If you follow coastal policy, emergency management or Indigenous governance, the piece is useful as a case study in how informal, community-rooted response capacity meets formal institutions. It also pairs well with related Hakai reporting on treaty promises to Atlantic Indigenous fishing communities, which shows the same tension between long-standing local practice and slow government action.
A practical next step
Read the full feature at Hakai Magazine and compare its account with how your own region's emergency plans credit local and Indigenous responders. Hakai stopped publishing at the end of 2024, but its archive remains available, and its team now publishes ocean and coastal stories at bioGraphic.
What does the unfinished canoe found in an Alaskan forest reveal about Haida and Tlingit canoe-building history?
The unfinished canoe is evidence of a working method, not just an abandoned object: it shows Haida and Tlingit canoe building as a staged craft whose steps can be read from a single hull left mid-construction. Hakai Magazine's feature "The Canoe in the Forest" frames the find as illuminating "a missing chapter" in the history of traditional Haida and Tlingit canoe building, so the value lies in what the interrupted work preserves — tool marks, shaping decisions and the sequence of carving that a finished canoe would hide.
For a reader, the practical use is to treat the article as a case study in how material evidence fills gaps left by written records. If you are researching Indigenous maritime technology, read it alongside the same magazine's "The First First Responders," which covers Indigenous coastal rescue work in British Columbia, to see how contemporary coastal practice connects to older traditions. For broader ocean and coastal coverage, the team behind Hakai now publishes at bioGraphic.
As a decision criterion: choose the Hakai archive when you want narrative, evidence-led coastal journalism with named communities and specific artifacts; look elsewhere for technical boatbuilding manuals or primary archaeological reports.
What obstacles remain before the International Seabed Authority finalizes its deep-sea mining code?
The remaining obstacles centre on the Mining Code itself: applications are approaching while the rules governing them are still unfinished. Hakai Magazine's coverage frames the core difficulty as the International Seabed Authority's Mining Code being far from complete even as mining applications come over the horizon, and notes that a small working group inside the authority is still wrestling with how deep-sea mining could benefit all of humanity—a benefit-sharing question that has to be settled before exploitation rules can be finalized.
What the reporting points to
- Unfinished text: The code is not yet in a state to process applications, so timing pressure is the immediate obstacle.
- Distribution of benefits: Deciding how, exactly, mining could benefit all of humanity is unresolved and sits with a narrow working group.
- Institutional strain: A small group carrying a broad mandate suggests capacity and consensus limits inside the authority.
A practical way to read the coverage
For a reader tracking this file—say, a policy student or a journalist following seabed negotiations—the useful move is to treat the two Hakai pieces as a pair: "What's Next for Deep-Sea Mining?" for the procedural gap, and "How, Exactly, Could Deep-Sea Mining Benefit All of Humanity?" for the substantive sticking point. To follow developments beyond Hakai Magazine's archive, which stopped publishing at the end of 2024, compare against the International Seabed Authority directly and against outlets such as Nature or Mongabay for independent reporting on negotiating sessions.
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