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Fishing Report: Striper fishing on the rise in Napa River
Napa Valley Register - Napa,CA,USA
Fishing Report: Striper fishing on the rise in Napa River
Friday, December 24, 2004
By BILL RYAN
NVP Services
Napa River. While there seems to be the regular seasonal slow down of striper fishing, improved clarity in the upper river seems to have put them back [...]

Fatigue problem big issue for fishing industry
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
Fatigue problem big issue for fishing industry
25.12.04
by Michael Griffin
When the skipper of the fishing boat Joanne fell asleep at the wheel, the vessel collided with the fully laden tanker Hellas Constellation at the approaches to Tauranga Harbour early one May morning.
The same month [...]

Fishing deal achivead
Baku Sun - Azerbaijan
BRUSSELS, Belgium — European Union ministers rejected proposals to declare huge swathes of ocean off-limits for trawlers and settled for less brutal alternatives in an attempt to protect such threatened fish as the once-common cod.
Wednesday’s decision was considered a breakthrough for the fishing industry, which effectively watered down the [...]

BAN IS CODSWALLOP SAYS FISHING CHIEF
Whitehaven News - Whitehaven,Lake District,UK
BAN IS CODSWALLOP SAYS FISHING CHIEF
CUMBRIA’S fishing chief has blasted proposals to ban cod fishing in the Irish Sea, claiming the move could ruin livelihoods.
David Dobson said scientists are “barking up the wrong tree” and “need to get their facts right”.
And Whitehaven-based Mr Dobson branded as [...]

Fishing chiefs hail reprieve after talks with EU
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
Fishing chiefs hail reprieve after talks with EUAlexandra Wood
YORKSHIRE fishing chiefs welcomed an early Christmas present yesterday after winning a reprieve in the struggle to keep the industry alive.
The deal, after gruelling all-night European Union talks in Brussels, will allow vital cod fishing grounds [...]