Recreational fishing and diving advocates are pressing for new rules to push commercial fishing traps out of the state's 15 artificial reef sites. This is just a situation where we have to look at the "state park' aspect of this," said William Figley, a retired state fisheries biologist who was the state's artificial reef coordinator for 22 years, and now advocates removing commercial traps from the reef sites. Find www.thnt.com stories from the past week as well as calendar events,...

Being in the water with a 12-foot shark it s the first time I ve ever been in the water with a shark that big, Greene later said in an adrenaline-fueled flow of words. SARASOTA When the big fish turned on me and underwater videographer James Greene, its gaping mouth looked as big as the grill of an 18-wheeler a very toothy and ticked off 18-wheeler. Scientists and interns took turns pulling drum lines, and whoever pulled a line with a fish was credited with the catch and got to bring the...

The controversy stems from the increased tribal commercial fishing presence off Manistee and the belief by many sport fishermen that the popular fishing areas off an area commonly known as The Shelf have been choked off by the nets. I know where all the nets are and avoid them or fish around them, but I also have the marina, and we ve been getting calls from (out-of-the-area) boats who are afraid to (come to Manistee) because of the nets out there. We freely acknowledge that, due to...

This was disclosed by Executive Secretary, Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Engineer Mustapha Bello, at the flag- off of implementation of the Catfish Industry Value Chain Development held at the commission's headquarters in Abuja, yesterday. This was disclosed by Executive Secretary, Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Engineer Mustapha Bello, at the flag- off of implementation of the Catfish Industry Value Chain Development held at the commission's headquarters...

Wei Dongying took us down the Qiantang River in a tiny fishing at night, as flashes of lightning lit up the huge expanse of water. Fisherwoman turned environmentalist, she has been watching the destruction of the river in the Yangtze Delta for the last four years. On the polluted river at night Chinese officials reportedly tried to censor a World Bank document that found filthy air and water prematurely kill 750,000 people every year in China. And this was the only way to prove that this...

Lilo agrees the "determined prices" - government parlance for the price of logs on which export duties are calculated - have been low for years, and blames previous regimes. It is looking at alternatives to logging more seriously than any government before and has decided to concentrate on its next biggest sectors, farming and tuna fisheries. Situated in probably the most tuna-rich zone of the Pacific, the Solomons has no processing facility to speak of and depends almost exclusively on...

The men admitted to fishing in the EEZ and a GPS system, where they had saved longitude and latitude coordinates, and fishing gear, was more evidence against them, Cantu said. This zone is designated to protect natural resources, Cantu said, and while foreign vessels are allowed to pass by the zone, they are not allowed to fish without special permission. These guys are just the workers that come and fish and then take it back to the people they work for. Cantu said the men could be...

July 2007 More mooring facilities needed for Dubai to become a prime destination for world's super yacht owners Gulf Craft IncGulf Craft inc., the Ajman-based manufacturer of boats and yachts, has been reporting 30 per cent growth annually during the last five years and it is expected to announce Dh 300 million in revenue growth for the year 2006. July 2007 More mooring facilities needed for Dubai to become a prime destination for world's super yacht owners Gulf Craft IncGulf Craft inc.,...

Robert Gill, owner of the fish house and commercial dock, said fishermen might fret about competition from fish farming if they were not so worried about dwindling domestic stocks and rising imports that now account for 80 percent of the seafood on American plates. still wary of ocean fish farms HOME. Robert Gill, owner of the fish house and commercial dock, said fishermen might fret about competition from fish farming if they were not so worried about dwindling domestic stocks and rising...