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Officials with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce that they reopened an additional 4,213 square miles of waters in the Gulf of Mexico to royal red shrimping. All the reopened surface is located off the coast of Louisiana, in federal waters. The new decision significantly reduces th... |
2 February 2011
06:46 GMT |
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More and more in new investigations, underwater mountains are beginning to distinguish themselves as hot spots for species diversity and evolution. Though not many people know they exist, these formations may number more than 100,000 throughout the world, with a height of over 1,000 meters. Other thousands of underwa... |
3 December 2010
09:31 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced yesterday that they decided to close off a surface covering some 4,213 miles in the Gulf of Mexico for royal red shrimping. The decision comes after an incident involving a fishing boat.A commercial fishing boat which was operating i... |
25 November 2010
05:05 GMT |
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In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill that affected the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA closed down significant portions of the area for commercial and leisure fishing, so as to protect the health of the general public. Now, officials say that eight shrimp trawlers made runs into the forbidden waters. The US Na... |
23 November 2010
03:53 GMT |
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Officials at NOAA announced that a new swath of ocean has been reopened to commercial and recreational fishing. There were no contaminants found in the region to justify keeping it closed anymore.The decision was taken by experts at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Food and Drug Admi... |
16 October 2010
05:02 GMT |
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Officials at NOAA announced today that they have just reopened more than 2,927 square miles of Gulf of Mexico waters to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopened portion is located in waters off the coasts of eastern Louisiana, directly south and southwest of East Bay. Since July 22, NOAA has carried out 8 re... |
6 October 2010
09:34 GMT |
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A new section of Gulf of Mexico waters that had been close to commercial and amateur fishing has now been reopened, announce experts with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.They say that a swath of ocean surface covering some 5,628 square miles is now safe for fishermen. The area is located in Gul... |
2 October 2010
03:58 GMT |
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Experts at NOAA announce that they have just reopened a large swath of ocean surface for fishing. The area covers nearly 8,000 square miles, and is now opened for commercial and recreational fishermen.The region is mostly located alongside the southern border of the federal waters that were closed until now. Federal ... |
22 September 2010
05:45 GMT |
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Norwegians are very passionate about fishing so, in order to mix safety and style, they will have a team of scientists working on a new generation of fishermen work-wear, with inbuilt life-saving devices.The Norwegian SINTEF research group along with Norway’s textile manufacturer Helly Hansen Pro will lead an e... |
20 September 2010
10:24 GMT |
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Experts at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) announce the results of a new study they conducted on horseshoe crabs, which revealed that these creatures are in constant decline due to climate change. The team reveals that it used genomics and related analysis tools in order to figure out the numbers horseshoe... |
31 August 2010
02:56 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce that they finally arrived to a decision concerning vast tracts of the Gulf of Mexico. They say that, after consultations with colleagues from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they determined that about one third of the area ... |
23 July 2010
09:05 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce that they have just allowed for the reopening of no less than 16,000 square miles of formerly-closed fishing zones in the Gulf of Mexico. The areas were locked out of public and commercial use because there was a real danger that fish... |
5 June 2010
06:43 GMT |
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Scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that they have extended the area in the Gulf of Mexico that is closed for fishing. The measure was taken because experts discovered oil sheens at previously undetected locations. Federal authorities and oil company BP are struggling... |
4 June 2010
03:08 GMT |
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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announces that it has just expanded the area of the Gulf of Mexico that is forbidden for fishermen. Officials at the agency say in a statement that the decision was taken because the situation is spiraling out of control, as oil slicks move in all directio... |
2 June 2010
09:50 GMT |
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Experts at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce that they have extended the area where fishing is currently forbidden in the Gulf of Mexico. With the oil slick caused by the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig accident on April 20, fishing has now become unsafe in the region, authorities ... |
26 May 2010
06:56 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking, new work that could change the way people with a consciousness look at fish, Janicke Nordgreen has demonstrated that, most likely, they can experience pain when they are ill-treated. A doctoral student at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, the expert has recently presented her findings i... |
13 January 2010
19:01 GMT |
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Australian authorities announced that they recovered on Saturday two survivors from a shipwreck that occurred on December 23rd, off the country's north coast. The two fishermen, both from Myanmar, had been seen floating in a large ice box, by a scout-patrol plane, and a helicopter was immediately dispatched to r... |
21 January 2009
07:04 GMT |
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The problem of unsustainable fishing was prompted on the West Coast of the United States decades ago, as fishermen and authorities alike noticed severe decreases in fish populations throughout the region, and started working on legislations to prevent this. But, thus far, bills aimed at tackling this issue have not b... |
6 November 2008
03:59 GMT |
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The Nintendo DS has always been regarded as a very innovative handheld console, partly due to the fact that it has two screens and that you can use a stylus on the touchscreen interface. This interesting control scheme has allowed game developers to create titles only for Nintendo's handheld console.Such is the ... |
3 November 2008
12:41 GMT |
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IQ212 Games, a company based in San Francisco, announced the availability of Redneck Fishin', a new mobile game that invites you to go fishing the redneck way. This means that you will have to use dynamite in order to catch minnows, trout, bluegill, catfish, bass and various other fish. During the game, you wil... |
25 August 2008
09:57 GMT |
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Ozura Mobile, the well-known Singaporean mobile content developer, has announced the upcoming availability of a new fishing simulation mobile game called Fishy Fishee. This comes shortly after Ozura launched two other sports-related games, namely Beijing Dreams and Counter Smash. Of course, fishing is not "just a spo... |
22 August 2008
08:57 GMT |
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Although this is not the first time when a species of monkeys are spotted fishing in rivers, the discovery of a silver-haired primate in Indonesia which exhibits similar behavior is definitely a first. In the last eight years alone on at least four occasions researchers have observed long-tailed macaques capturing fi... |
11 June 2008
03:45 GMT |
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According to a new report released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature 11 species of sharks around the world are at high-risks of extinction, while another five show a significant decline. The reason is, as usual, over-fishing, which is affecting shark species especially due to their low rates of re... |
23 May 2008
06:14 GMT |
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One of the best features of Nintendo DS, except for the fact that it's a portable console, is its innovative control method or, if you want to put it this way, its touchscreen. There are many games that get more interesting just because they fully use this feature, turning a title you've already seen a few ... |
7 April 2008
03:20 GMT |
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Fishing is an activity well suited for relaxation on a weekend afternoon. Or so everybody thought before watching Deadliest Catch, a Discovery Channel show about the guys that go fishing for King Crab in the waters of the Bering strait. There's a real chance of death and injury there and the sea is pretty unforg... |
28 February 2008
04:18 GMT |
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Hudson Entertainment has just confirmed the availability of Fishing Master at a new price point of $29.99. The price itself is a quite a catch for this an exclusive Wii title, which makes good use of the Wii Remote and Nunchuck. Other recent news however speak of a Fishing Rod Controller for Wii Complete with Plastic... |
21 November 2007
06:44 GMT |
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Dolphins are swimming not only in the sea, but also in the rivers. Or at least they used to. One of the three known species of freshwater dolphins, the Chinese one, is now "likely to be extinct"(the other two species inhabit Ganges and Indus and Amazon, respectively). An American-British-Japanese-Chinese research tea... |
13 August 2007
08:30 GMT |
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As if pollution, global warming and overharvesting were not been enough, a new menace comes to complete the coral bleaching.A bloom of predator poisonous and spiny starfish, named crown-of-thorns is destroying large areas of coral reef throughout the Philippines. These voracious predators can wipe out large areas of ... |
16 April 2007
04:09 GMT |
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