Month: June 2023

The United Nations (UN) has just adopted the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty (BBNJ), is a legally binding international agreement that will help govern the high seas, per CBS News. The legal document was approved by all 193 UN members, and it aims to protect the environment as well as mitigate disputes over natural resources.…

Samuel Alito is the latest Supreme Court justice to come under fire for allegedly questionable ethics decisions, and his reasoning behind them is truly awful.Alito was gifted a luxury vacation in 2008 that included flying on Republican billionaire megadonor Paul Singer’s private jet to Alaska, where they stayed in a fishing lodge that cost $1,000…

This article first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing…

NFL Super Agent Drew Rosenhaus Forget Negotiations W/ GMs I'm Wrestling Sharks!!! 6/20/2023 9:31 AM PT Drew Rosenhaus went from being a proverbial shark on Tuesday ... to wrestling an actual one -- and the wild scene was all captured on video!!! The NFL super agent's chaotic meeting with the sea beast happened just minutes…

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Imagine this for a moment: You just finished the fishing battle of a lifetime. A six-hour war with a 619-pound marlin that exhausted everyone, physically and mentally. In the end, it was all worth it. Your team set a record, and a stunning $3.5 million payday is waiting for you. Then it’s all taken away…

National News The crew of the boat Sensation celebrates its catch at the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in Morehead City, North Carolina, this weekend. Judges eventually disqualified the catch because it had been bitten. Ashby Bleau “Weigh that fish!” The crowd shouted as the massive blue marlin swung on the hook. Judges and fishing…

Life A global survey reveals that common species of coral reef shark are in sharp decline, and rays are more abundant in reefs where sharks have been depleted By Madeleine Cuff The Caribbean reef shark is threatened by fishingAndy Mann The number of rays is growing in coral reef ecosystems around the world as overfishing…

Pakistan's prime minister has declared a national day of mourning for those who died when a fishing trawler packed with people sank off the coast of Greece.Up to 750 men, women and children from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan were on board the vessel trying to reach Europe. More than 500 people are…

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