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UConn Professor Helps Thailand’s Fishing Industry
Hartford Courant (subscription) - Hartford,CT,USA
UConn Professor Helps Thailand’s Fishing Industry
January 24, 2005
Associated Press
A University of Connecticut professor with a background in marine sciences has been brought in to help coastal and fishing communities in Thailand recover from the ravages of the tsunami that hit southern Asia last month.
Robert Pomeroy, [...]

Foreign competition kills Kerala’s seafood industry:
New Kerala - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
[Kerala, India]: Kochi, Jan 24 : Thanks to globalisation and lack of infrastructure, there has been a sharp reversal of fortunes for Kerala that for long had a vibrant presence in India’s seafood export.
With a coastline of 580 km, Kerala has 121 registered fish processing units, [...]

A golden day that not even sharks could spoil

The glorious sunshine in Auckland yesterday encouraged thousands of people to pack the beaches and enjoy what was some of this year’s best weather.
Those in the water at Long Bay in the afternoon were oblivious to the fact that nearly 200 hammerhead sharks were swimming about [...]

Keeping Fishermen Afloat After the Tsunami
Zenit News Agency - Rome,Italy
The initiative is in response to the fall in the price of fish since Dec. 26, when the tsunami struck the coasts of countries of the Indian Ocean, killing more than 175,000 people and destroying the means of subsistence of countless families.
The campaign is also [...]

U.K. Sea Habitat at Risk , Needs Protection, WWF Says (Update1)
Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — The U.K.’s marine environment requires legal protection to halt a decline in many of its species and habitats, the WWF said.
All six of the U.K. sea habitats studied by its scientists were being destroyed, the Gland, Switzerland-based conservation group said [...]