Posts Tagged ‘fishermen’

Fishermen in Alaska locate possible balloon debris

The FBI is looking into debris possibly tied to a balloon that fishermen located off the coast of Alaska Friday. Reports began circulating Friday night about the debris, which CNN reported some officials believe could be from a surveillance balloon. The commercial fishing vessel will bring the debris to shore at some point this weekend… […]

Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel threatens fishermen in hostile attempt to take over the jellyfish industry of Santa Clara Gulf

Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel threatens fishermen in hostile attempt to take over the jellyfish industry of Santa Clara Gulf Fishermen near the Santa Clara Gulf in the Mexican state of Sonora have made a living from fishing and selling jellyfish, a product that is in high demand in Asia. The local industry was expecting a good season […]

Argentine Fishermen Find Remains Of Missing Man Inside Shark

Human remains found inside the shark had a tattoo that’s believed to have belonged to the 32-year-old man who vanished on Feb. 18. Source

Did Ancient Japanese Fishermen Reach South America 5,000-Years-Ago?

The notion that pre-Columbian cultures from Europe, Africa, or Asia sailed across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to discover America, is a popular theory backed by numerous books and television documentaries. While most of these claims seem baseless, one theory did gain some credibility, in that it was backed by a reputable archaeologist from the […]

Fishermen and ecologists call for action to protect Scottish salmon

Scottish fishermen and ecologists are calling for actions to save the country’s dwindling salmon population. Source

2 missing Oman fishermen found off Pakistan coast

Two Omani fishermen have been found alive after being missing at sea for 10 days. They were spotted near Pakistan by a merchant ship, reported the Oman Observer on Saturday. The pair, Ali Al-Jafari and Salim Al-Jafari were reported as missing on Thursday, after they had set out for fishing on a 25-foot-long boat, powered […]

Covid, cyclone and tensions with China devastate Konkan fishermen

Konkan fishermen on the beach.Credits: Maharashtra State Fishermen Sangharsh Samiti. Fishermen on the Maharashtra’s Konkan coast are set to lose their earnings for a second consecutive year due to the global Covid pandemic. The repeated lockdowns since early 2020 have inflicted heavy losses on them due to lack of transport and plummeting prices for their […]

Gaza fishermen protest against continuous Israel siege

Scores of Palestinian fishermen yesterday staged a protest against the continuous Israeli siege on Gaza, as well as the occupation’s aggression on the fishing industry, Anadolu reported. Fishermen Syndicate in Gaza organised the protest, which took place in the port west of Gaza City. The fishermen held posters reading: “It is my right to move […]

Hamas says Gaza fishermen’s deaths caused by explosive-laden Israeli drone

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Gaza rights group urges Hamas to release probe of fishermen’s death by errant rocket

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Fishermen: Boris ‘Bottled It’, Brexit Deal ‘A Defeat’ for ‘Sacrificed’ Industry

Barrie Deas, chief executive of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO), says Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal is “a defeat”, with the Tory accused of having “bottled it” on fishing and “sacrificed” the country’s long-suffering fishermen. “When push came to shove, despite the legal, moral and political strength of our case, fishing was sacrificed,” Deas […]

Fishermen Oppose ‘Catastrophic’ Release Of Fukushima Water To Ocean

Fishermen Oppose ‘Catastrophic’ Release Of Fukushima Water To Ocean Above photo: An employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) uses a geiger counter next to storage tanks for radioactive water at TEPCO’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, January 15, 2020. Reuters/Aaron Sheldrick. Tokyo – Japanese fish industry representatives […]

Egyptian navy kills two Gaza fishermen, Palestinians say

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Iran says it detained UAE ship on Monday, two Iranian fishermen killed by UAE coast guards

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Iran says it seized Emirati boat over killing of 2 fishermen

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that it had summoned the United Arab Emirates envoy, after Emirati Coast Guard vessels shot at several Iranian fishing boats, killing two fishermen. It also said it had seized a UAE vessel. On Monday, the Emirates’ state-run WAM news agency reported that eight fishing boats illegally entered […]

Israeli navy opens fire at Gaza fishermen, wounding 3

Israeli occupation navy opened fire on Thursday morning towards Palestinian fishermen of Gaza coast, wounding three were on board of fishing boat. Spokesman of the Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qidra said that the three wounded fishermen sustained moderate injuries. He noted that all of them are receiving treatment in Al-Shifa Hospital, the main hospital in […]

Israel abducts 10 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coasts

Israeli occupation naval forces abducted on Monday morning ten Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the occupied Gaza Strip. The Israeli military attacked the fishing boats near Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Nizar Ayyash, head of Gaza’s fishermen union, said. In addition to the abduction of the fishermen, the Israeli occupation navy stole their fishing […]

Six Miles Out: A day in the life of Gaza fishermen

Approximately 3,500 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip depend on fishing to make a living, supporting families of often eight or more people each. Under the Oslo accords signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993, Gaza Palestinians are supposed to be allowed to fish 20 nautical miles out from the coast. However, Israel rarely […]

Young Palestinian photographer in Gaza shines a light on fishermen’s struggle

A young Palestinian photographer in Gaza exhibited his work last week in a location that highlights both the ancestral food cultures of the Strip as well as the daily threat posed by Israeli siege and occupation–a Palestinian fishing boat in Gaza City’s harbor. Khalid Hashem Abu al-Jedian’s photographs were taken as he accompanied the fishermen […]

Symbolism? Lobster fishermen rescue one-eyed bald eagle from the ocean near Schoodic Island, Maine

     A lobster boat crew in Maine rescued a one-eyed eagle they spotting swimming near their boat in the Atlantic Ocean. John Chipman Jr., who shared photos and videos of the eagle on his Instagram account, said he and his crew mates spotted the one-eyed raptor doing a breast-stroke through the water near their boat […]

Israeli navy shot wounded 2 Palestinian fishermen

Israeli occupation navy shot and wounded on Sunday night two Palestinian fishermen who were fishing off the coast of Khan Yunis in the south of Gaza Strip. Spokesman for the health ministry in Gaza Ashraf al-Qidra said the two fishermen were evacuated to Nasser Medical Centre in Khan Yunis for treatment. Al-Qidra said that both of the […]

Fishermen Express Fury as Fukushima Plant Set to Release Radioactive Material Into Ocean

Fishermen Express Fury as Fukushima Plant Set to Release Radioactive Material Into Ocean July 14th, 2017 Via: Telegraph: Local residents and environmental groups have condemned a plan to release radioactive tritium from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. Officials of Tokyo […]

Dutch Fishermen Discover World’s First Two-Headed Porpoise

“Adding any extra case to the known nine specimens brings more knowledge on this aspect.” He said it was regrettable that the fisherman decided to throw the creature back into the ocean, as it is unlikely it will ever be seen again. The two-headed porpoise is the 10th example of a conjoined twin to be […]

israel’s war on Palestine’s food supplies: Gaza’s fishermen and farmers attacked from sea and air

Gaza’s fishermen and farmers attacked from sea and air Crops on a farm in Gaza, severely damaged by herbicide sprayed by Israeli planes. B’Tselem investigated and published this photo, February 2016. Israeli forces fire at Gaza fishermen, spray pesticides on Palestinian crops By Ma’an May 09, 2017 GAZA CITY — Israeli naval forces opened fire […]

Israeli navy kidnap six fishermen off Gaza coast

Israeli occupation navy kidnapped six Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast during less than 12 hours; three at night and three in the morning. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli occupation nay opened fire on the Palestinian fishermen fishing off the northern Gaza coast in the early morning. No casualties were reported. However, security sources later […]

Occupation kidnaps 16 in WB, opens fire at fishermen in Gaza

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped on Wednesday 16 Palestinian citizens in West Bank, including three minors; opened fire at fishermen off Gaza coast. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC) said that the Israeli occupation forces raided the Palestinian homes at midnight and caused much damage during the kidnapping campaign. Local Palestinian sources said that there were three […]

Israeli forces kidnap 2 Gaza fishermen

Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast, kidnapped two of them and stole their fishing boats. Meanwhile, the Israeli military bulldozers staged a limited incursion inside the small Palestinian territory, local sources said. Witnesses said that Israeli naval forces kidnapped Shabaan and Mohamed au-Riyala after chasing their fishing boats and […]

Fishermen report increase in exotic fish caught off Perth beaches in Western Australia

     Local fishermen have reported an increase in tropical fish caught just off Perth beaches over the past week. According to Recfishwest, many Perth fishermen had reported landing tropical fish off the coast in unusual spots. “We’ve been receiving some reports of uncharacteristic tropical fish caught just out of Perth the last week,” a spokesperson […]

Israeli navy opens fire at Gaza fishermen

Israeli occupation naval forces opened fire on Wednesday at Palestinian fishermen off the northern Gaza coast, witnesses said. The Palestinian fishermen were forced to head back to shore “in fear for their lives” after Israeli forces opened fire at them, an eyewitness said. Meanwhile, the eyewitness and the Palestinian ministry of health noted that no […]

Israeli navy opens fire at Gaza fishermen

Israeli occupation naval forces opened fire on Wednesday at Palestinian fishermen off the northern Gaza coast, witnesses said. The Palestinian fishermen were forced to head back to shore “in fear for their lives” after Israeli forces opened fire at them, an eyewitness said. Meanwhile, the eyewitness and the Palestinian ministry of health noted that no […]

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