Month: November 2022

The folks at Beuchat unveiled the company’s new Primal spearfishing wetsuit at this year’s DEMA Show in Orlando, Florida. The two-piece suit for freediving and spearfishing has a padded chest area for loading the gun, a whistle for security for divers in trouble, extra reinforcements at the knees and shins, a large red stripe on…

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Abigail Dougherty/StuffA body has been found in the water between Beach Haven and Herald Island, Auckland.A body has been pulled from the water at Auckland’s North Harbour. A person out fishing discovered the body about 8pm on Wednesday, between Beach Haven and Herald Island, police said. Police are working to identify the person. Keys to…

Ocean Basket has been fishing in other waters since 2008 and when everybody battened down the hatches and pulled in the lines during the Covid-19 pandemic, the advice of the company’s founder was: it’s time to think about growing. The seafood restaurant, loved by South Africans, has just opened its second branch in London –…

A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry examining the 13-year-delay in commencing legislation to protect Indigenous cultural fishing has handed down its findings.Key points:A NSW parliamentary inquiry into cultural fishing has handed down its reportIt recommends that a comprehensive training package is rolled out to NSW fisheries officersIt also calls for a review into the culture…

The Yomiuri ShimbunA dress designed using recycled materials from discarded fishing nets The Yomiuri Shimbun 11:27 JST, November 5, 2022 Discarded fishing nets are being collected and reused to make clothing, sneakers, and other items. Manufacturers, fishermen and vocational schools are involved in the project, with the nets remade into items such as clothing. The Yomiuri…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Russia and China have again blocked plans supported by the European Union, the United States and 23 other nations to protect three vast stretches of ocean around Antarctica from most fishing.But conservationists said there were some positives from a two-week international meeting on the future of Antarctica’s pristine waters that…

The Attack On a clear September 2012 afternoon in the middle of the Indian Ocean, far from the coast of Somalia, the crew of a traditional Arab boat called a dhow are tending to their fishing nets when four much larger commercial longliners close in. Armed guards on each longliner appear on deck. With no…

A former abalone diver wants the architects of a new marine park to ban fishing at a white shark hot spot to stop filmmakers using bait to rile up the predators.  Key points:The proposed South Coast Marine Park could stretch from near Bremer Bay to the South Australian borderA former abalone diver thinks the marine park could be designed to stop…

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