fur bearing sea mammals, whales, and now, fish. In deeper time, communities living around these regions have been integrated in various, and sometimes more subtle, ways. Trade, travel, and--we will argue—a [...] support and organization of the AWI and the German Maritime Museum, between 22 and 26 October. Around 100 participants from 24 different nationalities were present during the six days of talks and meetings [...] island, beach and littoral that is larger than England and Ireland put together. The Great Barrier Reef stretches for 2,300-kilometres and encompasses three thousand individual reefs and nine hundred islands