Dorry and company are also working on rebuilding the fishing industry's infrastructure, especially the ports, "in an environmentally-friendly manner with materials that aren't chemically treated and won't add to the chemical pollution of the Gulf, but will increase its ability to cleanse itself," she explained. She reels off the figures: "Fifteen major ports, 177 seafood processing facilities, 1,816 federally-permitted fishing vessels and 13,000 state-permitted boats in the Gulf of Mexico...

MONTAUK, New York (Reuters) - In this Long Island fishing hamlet, hundreds of adults drank beer and children marveled at the bloodied sharks caught in a fishing contest, including a heart from a gutted 180-pound (82-kg) thresher shark that several children poked with awe. shark hunt attracts commerce, protesters - Yahoo! News Travel. MONTAUK, New York (Reuters) - In this Long Island fishing hamlet, hundreds of adults drank beer and children marveled at the bloodied sharks caught in a...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Coast Guard transports crewman with injured leg Associated Press Article Last Updated:06/15/2007 12:11:56 PM AKDT A commercial fishing boat crewman with a partially severed leg was transported from near Cold Bay to Anchorage with help from the Coast Guard. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Coast Guard transports crewman with injured leg Associated Press Article Last Updated:06/15/2007 12:11:56 PM AKDT A commercial fishing boat crewman with a...

In addition, each boat is equipped with a generator used put an electric current into the river, which will stun, but not kill the fish. Each day, in addition to checking the nets, the crews briefly electrified the water around the nets and scooped up any fish that surfaced. As part of the annual assessment, tissue samples are collected from some of the fish that are caught in order to look for diseases, especially viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) After electrifying the water Thursday...

Herb Parsons Lake: The recent heat wave has pushed mid-day water temperatures into the high 80s on the main lake, and largemouth bass have gotten harder to find. There is still some feeding action along the surface during the evenings, but the fish are much more finicky. Bluegill have backed off the banks, but will likely return to shallow shorelines and steep banks along the main lake once the mayfly hatches occur. If you're fishing minnows, you should expect to catch a lot of yellow bass...

She wanted to make humous with olive oil instead of tehina but her husband didn't like it. A few days ago a Mexican-American woman we met while shopping told me how frustrated she is with her attempts to please her Iranian born, chickpea-loving husband, and make him a good- tasting humous. Ozcan Ozan, author of The Sultan's Kitchen, prepares a colorful Turkish chickpea salad, combining the basic chickpea-olive oil-lemon juice mixture with diced tomatoes, chopped parsley, red onion, garlic...

Despite statements by the Swiss that they intend to sell off 250 tonnes of their gold reserves over the next two years (apparently so they can trade real money for more paper promises), gold seemed to find staunch technical support just above its popular 200-day moving average in the $640s. Despite statements by the Swiss that they intend to sell off 250 tonnes of their gold reserves over the next two years (apparently so they can trade real money for more paper promises), gold seemed to...

Cut flowers are becoming a larger part of Santa Barbara County's agricultural output, even though overall greenhouse operations and the number of acres in production shrank slightly last year. That could explain why some cut-flower growers - especially in the Carpinteria area - are tight-lipped about what they're growing and where their industry is headed. Guy Tingos, the county's deputy agriculture commissioner with 20-plus years of experience, said chrysanthemums, roses and baby's breath...

Headed by Professor Paul Greenfield, the group said that at least 10percent of the park, which stretches 125km from Caloundra to the Gold Coast Seaway, should be placed in so-called "green zones" so they are protected from fishing and other extractive industries. Headed by Professor Paul Greenfield, the group said that at least 10percent of the park, which stretches 125km from Caloundra to the Gold Coast Seaway, should be placed in so-called "green zones" so they are protected from fishing...