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Three S. Florida men remain missing after weekend fishing trip
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
sun-sentinel.com
Posted December 27 2004, 4:02 PM EST
A search is currently underway for three South Florida men who remain missing after a weekend fishing trip.
Coast Guard officials said the three men — Jorge Pena, 45, Juan Suarez, 55, and Daniel Gibb, 48, left [...]

Killer wave sweeps away AP fishing industry, seafood exporters …
Economic Times - New Delhi,India
The monster waves, that rocked the Andhra coastline on Sunday, have washed out fishing activity in the entire region.
Preliminary estimates peg the loss on account of wreckage of fishing boats, nets, lines and other equipment at Rs 50-60 crore. The coast, [...]

Taiwanese fishing boats beached in Phuket
Taipei Times - Taipei,Taiwan
CNA , TAIPEI
Tuesday, Dec 28, 2004
Advertising Thirty-five Taiwanese fishing boats were beached on the Thai resort island of Phuket by the tsunamis unleashed by a powerful earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Sunday, the Council of Agriculture said yesterday.
There were about 60 Taiwanese crew [...]

Over-fishing, pollution should be curbed
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Over-fishing, pollution should be curbed
December 26, 2004
The oceans that surround us deserve more attention and commitment from the White House. Pollution, over-fishing, destructive trawling methods and other perils continue to endanger this precious resource. But President George W. Bush’s response to the report of the U.S. Commission on [...]

India: Bodies left strewn among smashed fishing boats
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK
Poor fishing communities along India’s south-eastern coast bore the brunt of the devastation. As the waters retreated, bodies were left strewn across beaches, among smashed boats, tangled nets and the remains of fishermen’s shacks.
Among the dead was a group of 40 children who were playing cricket [...]