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Vaquita On The Brink: Population Plummets In Mexico's Gulf
Despite their elusive nature making precise population estimates difficult, the absence of calves in recent surveys highlights their critical situation.
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US Coast Guard Boards Chinese Fishing Boats During Patrol In Pacific Ocean
The US Coast Guard and Kiribati police boarded two Chinese fishing boats during a patrol against illegal fishing in the Pacific Islands nation's vast exclusive economic zone this month but found no issues aboard, a coast guard official said.
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25 Indian Fishermen Accused Of "Illegal Poaching" Detained By Sri Lanka
25 Indian fishermen, who were fishing in international waters, were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy along with their two trawlers, off Point Pedro town in Sri Lanka.
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Pakistan To Release 199 Jailed Indian Fishermen On Friday
Pakistani authorities are expected to go ahead with its goodwill gesture to release on Friday 199 Indian fishermen arrested for allegedly fishing illegally in the country's waters.
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15 Indian Fishermen Arrested By Sri Lankan Navy For Illegal Fishing
The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested at least 15 Indian fishermen and seized their two trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters, an official statement said on Sunday.
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20 Indian Fishermen Jailed In Pakistan Released After Five Years
Pakistan in a goodwill gesture on Sunday released 20 Indian fishermen who have been languishing in a jail here for the last five years for allegedly fishing illegally in the country's waters.
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Quad To Launch Maritime Initiative To Track "Dark Shipping" In Indo-Pacific
Quad leaders at the Tokyo summit are set to launch a range of initiatives, including a maritime security partnership, that will allow the member countries to monitor illegal fishing, track "dark shipping" and other tactical-level activities.
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Gwadar Protests: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Promises 'Strong Action' Against Illegal Fishing
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that he will take "strong action" against illegal fishing by trawlers off the Gwadar coast.
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Third Body Fished Out Of Flooded Illegal Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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Third Body Fished Out From Flooded 'Rat-Hole' Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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In Row Over Fishing Settlement, Chennai May Lose Beach Where Turtles Nest
Chennai may lose an ecologically sensitive beach to encroachers if authorities do not act immediately. An illegal residential layout, consisting of 100 concrete houses, is being planned behind a prominent temple and barely 50 metres from the water's edge
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Interpol Notice Months After Boat That Set Off From Kerala Went Missing
Six months after a fishing boat carrying more than 100 people set off from the Munambam port in Kerala's rural Ernakulam, a blue corner notice has been issued by the Interpol against the people on the boat. The Kerala Police had requested for the notice to be issued against them.
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Trump Administration Illegally Removed Protection For Marine Life: Court
The Trump administration unlawfully withdrew a plan to limit the number of whales, turtles and other marine creatures permitted to be inadvertently killed or harmed by drift gillnets used to catch swordfish off California, a federal judge has ruled.
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Google, Others to Work With Japan to Help Monitor Illegal Fishing
The envisioned scheme will use a system called Global Fishing Watch, which was developed by the US information technology giant and other entities.
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Draft Bill Suggests An Armed Force To Protect River Ganga
The draft Bill for protection of the Ganga has suggested provisions like having an armed force with the power to arrest those who pollute the river, and imprisonment and fine for offences varying from commercial fishing to construction of illegal structures in active flood plains, officials said.
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Vaquita On The Brink: Population Plummets In Mexico's Gulf
Despite their elusive nature making precise population estimates difficult, the absence of calves in recent surveys highlights their critical situation.
-
US Coast Guard Boards Chinese Fishing Boats During Patrol In Pacific Ocean
The US Coast Guard and Kiribati police boarded two Chinese fishing boats during a patrol against illegal fishing in the Pacific Islands nation's vast exclusive economic zone this month but found no issues aboard, a coast guard official said.
-
25 Indian Fishermen Accused Of "Illegal Poaching" Detained By Sri Lanka
25 Indian fishermen, who were fishing in international waters, were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy along with their two trawlers, off Point Pedro town in Sri Lanka.
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Pakistan To Release 199 Jailed Indian Fishermen On Friday
Pakistani authorities are expected to go ahead with its goodwill gesture to release on Friday 199 Indian fishermen arrested for allegedly fishing illegally in the country's waters.
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15 Indian Fishermen Arrested By Sri Lankan Navy For Illegal Fishing
The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested at least 15 Indian fishermen and seized their two trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters, an official statement said on Sunday.
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20 Indian Fishermen Jailed In Pakistan Released After Five Years
Pakistan in a goodwill gesture on Sunday released 20 Indian fishermen who have been languishing in a jail here for the last five years for allegedly fishing illegally in the country's waters.
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Quad To Launch Maritime Initiative To Track "Dark Shipping" In Indo-Pacific
Quad leaders at the Tokyo summit are set to launch a range of initiatives, including a maritime security partnership, that will allow the member countries to monitor illegal fishing, track "dark shipping" and other tactical-level activities.
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Gwadar Protests: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Promises 'Strong Action' Against Illegal Fishing
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that he will take "strong action" against illegal fishing by trawlers off the Gwadar coast.
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Third Body Fished Out Of Flooded Illegal Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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Third Body Fished Out From Flooded 'Rat-Hole' Coal Mine In Meghalaya
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said.
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In Row Over Fishing Settlement, Chennai May Lose Beach Where Turtles Nest
Chennai may lose an ecologically sensitive beach to encroachers if authorities do not act immediately. An illegal residential layout, consisting of 100 concrete houses, is being planned behind a prominent temple and barely 50 metres from the water's edge
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Interpol Notice Months After Boat That Set Off From Kerala Went Missing
Six months after a fishing boat carrying more than 100 people set off from the Munambam port in Kerala's rural Ernakulam, a blue corner notice has been issued by the Interpol against the people on the boat. The Kerala Police had requested for the notice to be issued against them.
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Trump Administration Illegally Removed Protection For Marine Life: Court
The Trump administration unlawfully withdrew a plan to limit the number of whales, turtles and other marine creatures permitted to be inadvertently killed or harmed by drift gillnets used to catch swordfish off California, a federal judge has ruled.
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Google, Others to Work With Japan to Help Monitor Illegal Fishing
The envisioned scheme will use a system called Global Fishing Watch, which was developed by the US information technology giant and other entities.
-
Draft Bill Suggests An Armed Force To Protect River Ganga
The draft Bill for protection of the Ganga has suggested provisions like having an armed force with the power to arrest those who pollute the river, and imprisonment and fine for offences varying from commercial fishing to construction of illegal structures in active flood plains, officials said.
