Silver in Special/Night Photography / 2026 / Special / Night Photography

• Prize
  Silver in Special/Night Photography
• Photographer
  Soichiro Moriyama, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  February 16, 2026

This captures Japan's traditional baby eel fishing, where a fleet of multiple boats moves across the water with the slow, graceful glide of a manta ray.This method is extremely rare worldwide.While other nations use large-scale nets, Japanese fishermen use these lights to attract the translucent eels, gently scooping them up one by one with hand nets to keep them completely unharmed for aquaculture.