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Pakistan detains 73, seizing two Indian fishing trawlers
Pakistan Times National News Desk
KARACHI: Pakistani authorities detained 73 Asian and South Asian crew members after seizing two Indian registered fishing trawlers found plying Pakistan’s waters on Sunday.
Sources say, the trawlers were intercepted by Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency after they sailed deeper into Pakistan waters.
The two trawlers loaded [...]

Ban sought on bottom fishing

The outcome of a towering battle over fishing in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands could cost the state more than a third of its prized bottomfish — including the larger deepwater snappers (onaga) for which restaurateurs and their customers pay a premium.
Tropic Fish and Vegetable Center driver and warehouseman Tysen Justo holds [...]

Monitoring system for fishing vessels
BY HAMDAN RAJA ABDULLAH
MUAR: The authorities will be able to detect the movement of deep-sea fishing craft when Malaysia complies with a UN resolution to fit vessel monitoring system (VMS) devices in these boats by 2008.
The country’s Fisheries Department is looking into how this ruling can be carried out and [...]

Fish deaths prompt investigation
A series of fish deaths in a Guernsey reservoir has led to an investigation by a water firm.
About 30 carp have been found dead in St Saviour’s reservoir between January and April this year.
Some of the dead fish have been sent to the UK for laboratory analysis and a survey [...]

Online campaign seeks fishing ban
An environmental campaigner in Guernsey is calling for better protection for a local sea bass breeding site.
It is believed up to 900 bass are being caught every day in a reef just off the west coast of the island.
Caleb Zunino has launched an online petition to protect the area, [...]