Carly Pearce plays Fishing for Answers at Billboard’s Country Live event. Carly Pearce:Hi, I’m Carly Pearce and I’m going fishing for answers with Billboard. What is your favorite album or country album of the year so far? I think Nate Smith’s record is really, really good front to back. Who was your musical inspiration growing…

Team leader at Recycling Partners of Jamaica Petrona Chambers separating plastic bottles during a clean-up on Wednesday at the New Causeway Fishing Village in Portmore, St Catherine. (Photo: Joseph Wellington) JAMAICANS are being urged to properly containerise their garbage to avoid contaminating the environment, in particular bodies of water. The plea was made during a…

More to Explore  The waters are growing even stranger. It seems that more wildlife is being seen, and even strange sightings of something fearsome in the deep. This is a warning to any fisherman who dares leave the safety of the harbor. It gets dark out there. Today, Team17 and Black Salt Games are proud…

Rendering of HawkEye 360 radio-frequency detection satellites. Credit: HawkEye 360 WASHINGTON —  HawkEye 360, a commercial operator of remote-sensing satellites, announced July 6 it was selected by the government of Australia to help detect illegal fishing activity using radio-frequency sensors. The company received a contract of undisclosed value from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and…

Time has become Jeff Gustafson's most precious commodity. In March, the Kenora, Ont., angler became the first Canadian to win the US$1-million Bassmaster Classic — pro bass fishing's most prestigious title — going wire-to-wire on the Tennessee River. And he did so in dramatic fashion, landing just two smallmouths weighing a combined six pounds, 12…

Amazon river dolphins in Peru are facing increasing threats from human activity, including fishing, proposed construction of dams, and dredging operationsA study tracked the movements of dolphins in relation to fishing areas, dams and dredging sites, and found that 89% of their home range is subject to fishing activity.The research team observed that the dolphins…

TOKYO — Japan won approval on Tuesday from the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog for its plan to release treated radioactive water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima plant into the ocean, despite fierce resistance from Beijing and some local opposition.Following a two-year review, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Japan’s plans were consistent with international safety standards…

Terri Clark reveals five things you didn’t know about her at the Billboard Country Live event. Terri Clark:I’m Terri Clark, and here are five things you may not know about me. I love fishing. I’m very outdoorsy, I love to be outside, so fishing is my favorite thing. And I would say Northern Pike fishing…

Magnet fishing hobbyists pull surprises out of Quebec's waterwaysLongueuil, Que., resident Frédérick Hardy explains the hobby alongside the Lachine Canal in Montreal.Frédérick Hardy reaches back with his left arm, clutching a climbing rope with a heavy magnet on the end.He throws, hucking the weight as far as he can out into Montreal's Lachine Canal near…

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