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Team rescues polar bear trapped in fishing net
This story of a 1,000-pound bear, tangled up and in trouble in a remote arctic location, has a happy ending.
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Salmon Population Plummeting in Lake Michigan
A smaller population of Michigan's premier game fish may be necessary, as invasive mussels change the lake environment.
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Crab-Catching Blues
Morgan Tolley is a third generation crab processor working on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, but he's worried that his industry may be under threat as more and more young people shun the traditional family-oriented trade.
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One of the World’s Most Notorious Illegal Fishing Crews Is Fined $17 Million
Sea Shepherd’s dogged pursuit of the vessel Thunder has resulted in jail time, big penalties, and a breakthrough in how to catch ocean poachers.
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The race to fish: how fishing subsidies are emptying our oceans
Fish numbers are rapidly dwindling globally, and fishery subsidies are one of the key drivers behind this decline.
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The Pacific halibut fishery shows that sustainable seafood is possible, it just requires sound science
Eating sustainably doesn’t have to be hard; just take the easy steps to become informed about where your food is coming from and how it got to your plate.
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Lost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months
In November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga went fishing off the coast of Mexico. Two days later, a storm hit and he made a desperate SOS. It was the last anyone heard from him – for 438 days. This is his story. By Jonathan Franklin.
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The more humanely a fish is killed, the better it tastes
Meat from quickly killed fish stays fresher far longer than meat from fish that die of asphyxiation
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Life’s Rich Pageant: Meet a Florida Man
“I wasn’t a hunter-fisherman. And it was not a good idea, and then it went terribly wrong.” By Holly Anderson.
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In Tanzania, a Horrific Fishing Tactic Destroys All Sea Life
Tanzania is the only country in Africa where fishermen widely use homemade bombs to increase their catch. By Jani Actman.
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US to withdraw from crucial fisheries treaty with Pacific nations
The United States has given Pacific Island nations notice that it plans to withdraw from the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, one of its most important aid, trade and geopolitical arrangements with the region.
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The Longest Night
One Easter Sunday, the Alaska Ranger — a fishing boat out of Dutch Harbor — went down in the Bering Sea, 6,000 feet deep and thirty-two degrees cold. Forty-seven people were on board, and nearly half of them would spend hours floating alone in the darkness, in water so frigid it can kill a man in minutes. Forty-two of them would be rescued. Here’s how. By Sean Flynn. (Oct. ’08)
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Pacific Bluefin Tuna Population Has Dropped 97%
In some areas, bluefin tuna is harvested at triple sustainable levels
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Drone Fishing For Tuna
Pioneering game fishing from the beach using innovative techniques from above.
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Yellowstone Fish Deaths: 183 Miles of River Closed to halt Spread of Parasite
Ban on all fishing, rafting and other river activities in the US river will remain until fish stop dying, say officials.
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Fish Have Feelings. Does That Mean We're Torturing Them?
Inside the weirdly deep, surprisingly fraught field of fish pain.
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South Korea holds drills to combat illegal fishing
High-speed boats from the Korea Coast Guard and navy surround vessels simulating foreign boats fishing illegally in South Korean waters during an exercise in the West Sea last Friday. A vast number of Chinese boats allegedly cross into South Korean waters to fish illegally every year.
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One of the World's Biggest Fisheries Is on The Verge of Collapse
Years ago Christopher Tubo caught a 660-pound blue marlin in the South China Sea. The fishing was good there, he says. Tuna fishermen would come home from a trip with dozens of the high-value fish as well as a good haul of other species. “Here there’s none of that,” he says, looking toward the Sulu Sea, the Philippine sea where he’s been fishing for the past four years. His two boats, traditional Filipino outriggers called bancas, float in the shallow water nearby, new coats of white paint drying in the sun.
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Thousands of Chinese ships trawl the world, so how can we stop overfishing?
The UN has pledged to ensure healthy, productive oceans – but how can this be achieved when demand for fish has never been higher
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Hunting for Gooseneck Barnacles
Spanish fisherman Santi Diaz Mosquera knows every journey down the treacherous Galician rocks in search of a handful of prized gooseneck barnacles could be his last.
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