Month: February 2023

IPOH: Perak’s Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a local class B fishing boat about 0.8 nautical miles west of Pantai Segari last night for catching in waters less than five nautical miles from the coast as permitted under its licence. State MMEA director Capt Mohd Hambali Ya’akup said the arrest was made by a…

Published on February 17th, 2023 at 08:00am EST Canada is a popular destination for hunting and fishing enthusiasts due to the country’s diverse natural landscape and wide variety of wildlife and terrain. Many thousands of US citizens and residents choose to come to Canada annually for hunting and fishing trips. Individuals with a criminal record…

HighlightsThe Victorian Fisheries Authority found one in six inspected abalone fishers were violating the rules.Illegal fishers may face hefty fines or even charges.Regulating illegal fishing remains challenging.It’s summer and with the open fishing season fast approaching, Port Phillip Bay in Victoria is teaming up with fishers like Yanran Lin.In 2020, when Ms Lin - a…

NetflixWho gets a degree in geopolitics and ends up becoming known for reality TV? Ines Tazi, the 26-year-old Parisian star of Perfect Match, Netflix's latest attempt at making people compete for love. Perfect Match is only the second reality TV show she's appeared on, but she plans to be remembered for more than searching for…

Surface-based group feeding of Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus), a highly popular species in recreational fishing worldwide, is commonly observed, yet sailfish are believed to be largely solitary roaming predators. In new research, marine biologists from the Guy Harvey Research Institute at Nova Southeastern University and Florida International University used biologging data and video to examine…

A 365kg cocaine haul has prompted Australian authorities to start a hunt for three men they rescued from the sea two weeks ago. The trio were found clinging to an esky cool box off the coast of Western Australia on February 1, reports the BBC. Police say they claimed they were out fishing when their…

When a historic Port Lincoln wooden fishing boat sank on its moorings at Snooks Landing more than a year ago, its owner Mario Antolini cried.  Key points:The Almonta was built on the Sunshine Coast and used to catch salmon, tuna, shark and rock lobsterThe vessel sank in Port Lincoln during October 2021 but its owner has been unable to…

Waters The Spanish National Police said that an international investigation resulted in the detention of seven people who were caught transporting more than 800 kilograms of cocaine aboard a Gambian fishing boat in Senegalese waters. Some of the suspects are believed to be linked to the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta. More than 800 kilos of cocaine were…

The National Sea Rescue Institute NSRI has appealed to the public, including the boating and the fishing communities, not to set off red distress flares unless in an emergency. This comes after the sighting of three red distress flares off Kleinemonde last Sunday set in motion a massive search and rescue operation. Authorities and NSRI…