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Foreign fleet owners reward illegal fishing: CP
ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. — As Canada tries to stem illegal fishing in international waters off the East Coast, the captains and officers of some foreign vessels receive cash rewards for those illicit catches, according to internal fisheries documents.
Cash incentives offered by fleet owners encourage fishing of lucrative moratorium species [...]

Iyambo Defends Fishing Sector
AllAfrica.com - Africa
MINISTER of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Abraham Iyambo, yesterday refuted claims made by commercial banks in the country that the fishing industry is lost beyond redemption.
Banking sector representatives on Wednesday morning in Walvis Bay said the fishing sector was in such dire straits that it was almost too late to [...]

Fishermen ask state regulators to support limits on crab fishingBy TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer
San Francisco fishermen took their campaign to tighten regulation on Dungeness crab fishing to state wildlife regulators on Friday, calling for limits on fishing gear to prevent the Central California fishery from being cleaned out early in the season.
The crabbers made [...]

Pirates release fishing boat used in Malacca Strait attack
03/19/2005 By IZUMI OGURA,The Asahi Shimbun
A fishing boat believed to have used by pirates docks in Perak, Malaysia, on Thursday.
PERAK, Malaysia-A fishing boat used to kidnap three crew members of a Japanese tugboat had also been hijacked by pirates, Malaysian police said.
Crew members of the boat [...]

Namibia’s Fishing Industry ‘Beyond Saving’ The Namibian (Windhoek)Maggi Barnard
Windhoek
NAMIBIA’S fishing industry is under such serious threat that it is almost too late to try and salvage the dire situation.
This was the message of several invited speakers and industry representatives at a breakfast meeting organised by the Namibian Economic Society at Walvis Bay yesterday.
“It is [...]