Month: April 2023

TAIWAN - Retired lecturer Donald Ho was out for his morning stroll in a busy downtown park Sunday, anxious about what Chinese jets and ships holding war games around Taiwan meant for freedom in the self-ruled island.  "I am a little worried, I would be lying to you if I say that I am not,"…

The video game Dredge is based on a fishing trip which has a "sinister undercurrent". Photo: Black Salt Games A Christchurch-developed video game about fishing is making waves overseas. But Dredge isn't a relaxing day out on the water. This fishing trip has a "sinister undercurrent," its developer says. "The elevator pitch for Dredge is…

United States Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Two people were fishing off the coast of Longboat Key, Florida, recently when they came upon a group in desperate need of help. Donald McGuire III said they spotted three people floating on an overturned boat and knew something else was wrong because they did not…

Ή στραβός είναι ο γιαλός ή στραβά αρμενίζουμε  Posted 08/04/2023 4:16 μμ. Η Black Salt Games όχι μόνο μας εξέπληξε θαυμάσια με την πρώτη της κυκλοφορία, αλλά μας έκανε να εθιστούμε στο νέο fishing adventure game της, καθώς αναστατώνοντας τη χαλαρωτική ατμόσφαιρα του ψαρέματος και της εξερεύνησης στα γαλήνια νερά του χάρτη, με το δυσοίωνο…

The Brooke era Seng Chiang sundry shop looks much like it did 120 years ago. – Yi Chang, History of Miri Facebook pic, April 9, 2023. A CENTURY-old wooden sundry shop, built when the Brookes ruled Sarawak, continues serving the fishing community of Bakam, near Miri town till today. According to local history buff Yi Chang,…

SAN DIEGO -- California officials want federal disaster aid for the state's salmon fishing industry, they said Friday following the closure of recreational and commercial king salmon fishing seasons along much of the West Coast due to near-record low numbers of the iconic fish returning to their spawning grounds.Dealing a blow to the salmon fishing…

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — No longer a theoretical threat, overfishing across the globe has wiped out species from areas where they once thrived. And one result is that it’s taken off the table beloved culturally important dishes.In the Bahamas, government officials and conservationists are working to save the conch – a marine snail that’s central…

The marine safety watchdog has warned the owners of fishing vessels about the danger of modifying their boats without proper evaluation of the consequences after a small commercial boat sank after being swamped by waves in Bantry Bay last year.A report by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) revealed the skipper of Anna Louise managed…

Recalled BLAVINGAD fishing game Name of Product: BLAVINGAD fishing games Hazard: A small metal rivet within a wooden play piece can come loose and detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. Recall Date: April 06, 2023 Units: About 25,000 (In addition, about 2,200 were sold in Canada) Recall Details Description: This recall involves the…

When Konstantinos Paleologoudias left Greece as a fresh-faced 18-year-old fitter and turner in the 1950s he began an adventure that would help shape two small towns 14,000 kilometres away on South Australia's west coast.Konstantinos, also known as Kon Paul, established a fish processing factory at Port Kenny and while the size of the prawn boat fleet in…