Category: Fishing Reels, Baits and Tackles

The International Labour Organisa­tion (ILO), Ghana, has encouraged associations in the fisheries sector to formulate policies on ILO Con­vention 188, to eliminate forced labour and promote decent work. The Work in Fishing Conven­tion (C188), currently being rati­fied by Ghana, aims to ensure that fishers have decent work condi­tions on board fishing vessels with regard to…

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MANILA, Philippines -- A Filipino fishing boat captain protested on Tuesday the Chinese coast guard’s aggression in the disputed South China Sea, where he asserted that Chinese officers drove him and his men away from a disputed shoal and ordered them to dump their catch in the sea.The face-to-face confrontation on Jan. 12, which Joely…

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES A woman has tragically lost half her leg after a nasty scratch sustained from a fishing line in her pocket became infected, resulting in a whopping 55 surgeriesMichelle Milton, 36 (Image: Michelle Milton / SWNS)A woman was rendered devastated after losing half her leg when a scratch from a fishing line became…

A mold cast of one of the chewed pitch pieces found in the Huseby Klev site. Credit: Verner Alexandersen. Some 9,700 years ago on an autumn day, a group of people were camping on the west coast of Scandinavia. They were hunter-gatherers that had been fishing, hunting and collecting resources in the area. Some teenagers, both…

January 18, 20244 min readSome scientists say the controversial fishing practice of ocean trawling stirs up buried organic matter, some of which makes its way to the surface in the form of carbon dioxideBy Chelsea Harvey & E&E NewsSeagulls follow the Guide Me prawn trawler in Loch Long on March 5, 2019 in Greenock, Scotland.…

The Nigerian Navy, NN, on Saturday, handed over a fishing trawler, MFV Lady Jessica ll and 13 crew members to the Federal Department of Fisheries in Bayelsa State. The trawler was arrested on Dec. 11 by the Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) Formoso while trawling within an area reserved for artisanal fishing boats. It was…

CLIMATEWIRE | MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday, Richard Gadbois, 80, did what he had done countless times on freezing January days in northern Minnesota.He drove his SUV onto ice-covered Mille Lacs Lake — one of the largest in the state — to scout fishing holes. Within minutes, the vehicle crashed through the ice. Gadbois, who was wearing…

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week on a couple of cases that could completely upend the way federal agencies regulate just about anything in the US. At question is a legal doctrine called Chevron deference that allows federal agencies to interpret laws meant to protect consumers, public health, and the environment. Now, a…

New research suggests that bottom trawling stirs up large amounts of carbon from the seabed and releases 55-60% of this carbon into the atmosphere within nine years.This amount of carbon is nearly double the annual emissions from the combustion of fuel by the entire global fishing fleet of about 4 million vessels, the study suggests.The…