York County is fixing a 1980 oversight that has left its boating zone rules unenforceable. York supervisors are expected to fix the problem next month with a new county ordinance that allows boaters who create wakes to be ticketed and potentially fined for a misdemeanor up to $250. The word on the waves was that the county's "No Wake" zones - posted on signs and buoys in several rivers and creeks to keep boats at slow speeds - couldn't be enforced. But when the county tinkered with a...

Veterans Groups Urge Full War Funding By Nathan Burchfiel CNSNews.com Staff Writer April 20, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - The leaders of two large national veterans' organizations on Thursday called on Democratic leaders in Congress to offer a war funding bill free of withdrawal timelines and "pork barrel" spending. Veterans Groups Urge Full War Funding By Nathan Burchfiel CNSNews.com Staff Writer April 20, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - The leaders of two large national veterans' organizations on Thursday...

A couch potato is defined by the OED as "a person who spends leisure time passively or idly sitting around, especially watching television or video tapes. Sure, Atkins diet proponents say that potatoes have a fairly high carbohydrate count, but they also recommend regularly eating steak or bratwursts, so I'll forgive them for the potato thing. They're afraid that the image of a slovenly fat guy slouching on his sofa, watching Baywatch reruns is going to have a negative impact on the image...

Commercial fishing Florida's coral reefs -- the underpinning for the state's commercial fisheries -- are already in decline as a result of disease and coral bleaching. Agriculture Agriculture could actually benefit for several decades from increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and modest warming, which could also protect citrus crops from freezing. But if the average temperature increases beyond 3 to 4 degrees, farmers and growers will face declining yields. Tourism In the lowest...

Rebollido CARRYING a huge tuna on his shoulder, a burly man burnt by the sun breathes heavily as he finds his step on a boat's gangplank to get the fish to a scale. All these moves, DTI said, are anchored on the vision that GenSan, which was practically built by the fishing industry, "will be a globally competitive economy and a livable city with healthy, well-educated and responsible citizens actively taking part in governance. Local tuna industry leaders view the re-flagging as...

A sewage plant creates environmental hazards with little proven benefit John Bergbusch, Special to Times Colonist Published:Monday, May 07, 2007 Reporter Rob Shaw's "Why we don't have a choice about treating sewage" (April 8) suggests legal enforcement will be based on provincial contaminated-sites and federal fisheries and environment legislation. A sewage plant creates environmental hazards with little proven benefit John Bergbusch, Special to Times Colonist Published:Monday, May 07,...

By GAVIN OFF Special to the Tribune Published Sunday, May 6, 2007 JEFFERSON CITY For years, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has levied civil penalties against large water-polluting animal farms, only to later reduce the penalties to about a quarter of the original amount, records show. By GAVIN OFF Special to the Tribune Published Sunday, May 6, 2007 JEFFERSON CITY For years, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has levied civil penalties against large water-polluting...

Simply put, rather than fishing in legal, time-honoured and conventional fashion, unscrupulous people are pouring poison into the water to speed up and maximise their catch. The fact that fish killed in that manner could prove deadly for consumers and that the water - which is life for animals of every type including humans - is being poisoned, is apparently of no concern to the perpetrators. She goes beyond that, to point out that the poisoned water and fish can trigger all sorts of...

Mark Stephen and Tam Burnett, fishing catch and release, had the largest catch for the week losing count at over 30 fish to the boat. HOLL RESERVOIR, Fife: The angling clubs found their visits to be highly productive as shown by the catches from the Rothes Oak AC who had 24 fish for 56lb, the Grizzle Cats from Ayrshire 36 fish for 85lb and the Farmers Associates AC caught 36 fish for 77lb. HOLL RESERVOIR, Fife: The angling clubs found their visits to be highly productive as shown by the...