Month: February 2023

February is the month of love and it’s important that online daters know how to protect themselves in the digital dating space. The article below highlights the following: – How catfishing, sextortion, phishing, and other romance scams are big businesses for fraudsters. – Terror groups have been targeting South Africans to finance their criminal acts…

Paying fishers in Indonesia to not catch sharks and rays could be a cost-effective way of conserving these species, a new study suggests.Interviews with fishers at two sites shows that payments of $71,408-$235,927 per year could protect up to 18,500 hammerheads and 2,140 wedgefish at those sites.Researchers say this money could come from dive tourism…

A humpback whale swims in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia in September 2022. How do we go from protecting eight percent of marine areas to 30 percent in less than 10 years? This question is at the heart of a global forum in Canada this weekend aiming to save marine ecosystems under…

ARVANA ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF DOWN 2 FISH CHARTERS, LLCSALT LAKE CITY, UT / ACCESSWIRE / February 3, 2023 / Arvana Inc. (OTC PINK:AVNI) announced today that it has acquired Down 2 Fish Charters, LLC ("Down2Fish"), a Florida based fishing charter business.Down2Fish operates a fishing charter business that offers a range of curated maritime adventures that…

SynopsisChina's extensive use of DWF vessels in the high seas has increasingly become an environmental hazard, especially in the Northern Indian Ocean region, they said.(Representational image) Illegal Chinese fishing fleet evade marine radar by disabling transponders close to EEZ of other countries, to avoid being detected.India is closely monitoring a sudden spurt in China's distant…

No Safe Harbor You’re down on your luck. A fisherman with very little to catch. Now, you’re stepping into a mystery that haunts the collection of islands you inhabit. These are murky waters. Today, Team17 and Black Salt Games are happy to announce the release date for their upcoming fishing adventure, Dredge. Releasing on March…

Feb. 2, 2023 A 39-year-old man who was reported missing after not returning from kayaking on Tomales Bay was found dead on Wednesday.Photo By Yalonda M. James/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images A 39-year-old California man who was reported missing after not returning from kayaking on Tomales Bay in Marin County was found dead …

Effective fisheries management, strong regulations, enforcement, and monitoring can help conserve sharks and rays, according to new research.Researchers found that some shark populations in the northwest Atlantic recovered after the U.S. implemented a management plan in 1993, despite ongoing fishing, while populations in areas without sufficient management declined.A previous study found that overfishing threatens one-third…

AFCD charges Mainland fishermen suspected of illegal collection of marine life in marine park (with photo) ******************************************************************************************      The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) today (February 3) laid charges against three Mainland fishermen suspected of engaging in illegal hookah fishing in the core area of South Lantau Marine Park.      AFCD officers intercepted and investigated a…

Spooky squids and phantom phish by Jim Norman 19 hours ago There are enough fishing games on Switch to fill your net three times over. You throw every title with a fishing minigame in there and you would be left with one crammed aquarium. In such a calm, soothing genre, it can be difficult to…