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Modern fishing methods will empty the sea
MICHIANA POINT OF VIEW
By DAVE RAMOS
Our oceans and seas are being systematically destroyed on a scale that is biblical in size. The corporate fishing industry is sterilizing our oceans.
As explained in an October 2004 article on the fishing industry in The Economist magazine, as man’s appetite for fish [...]

Rescue crew cuts loose gray whale entangled in fishing gear off coast
By Winston Ross
The Register-Guard
DEPOE BAY - Spotting the distressed gray whale was the easy part. Just off shore with three brightly colored buoys floating from its tail, anybody with a set of binoculars could get a good look.
Untangling the line wrapped around its tail [...]

Indonesian jailed for illegal fishing in Australian waters
Radio Australia - Australia
An Indonesian fisherman, who has been caught in Australian waters three times, has been sentenced to three months jail.
The Magistrates Court in the northern city of Darwin has heard that customs officials boarded an Indonesian fishing boat in the Arafura Sea in December.
They found six [...]

Fishing boats ‘kill 2,000 dolphins a year’
Independent - UK
Fishing boats ‘kill 2,000 dolphins a year’
By Sam Marsden and Arifa Akbar
18 February 2005
British and French fishing boats could be killing more than 2,000 dolphins a year, environmental scientists have warned.
Campaigners renewed calls for a halt to pair-trawling for bass yesterday after a report highlighted the growing [...]

10 Patrol Boats to Boost War On Illegal Fishing
AllAfrica.com - Africa
Ten surveillance boats will bought for use in patrolling the country’s waters and in the fight against illegal fishing.
The move is expected to save the country millions of shillings suspected to be lost annually through illegal fishing by international trawlers.
Livestock and Fisheries Development minister Joseph [...]