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Faroe Islands-based Bjarti Peterson is a ship navigator and commercial diver.
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From the coast of Vestmanna, Bjarti and his business partner Benjamin have supplied local restaurants with seafood – like Michelin-starred eatery KOKS – since 2014.
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Bjarti says he's mindful of depleting urchin populations, so keeps his operations to a minimum to protect the species.
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Oct 21, 2021
Photographed by
Gabriel Nivera