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Japan to take some tuna fishing boats out of service: government
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan will take out of service up to 20 percent of its tuna fishing boats after tougher catch quotas were imposed on the land of sushi, the government said Friday.
Nations:Japan Source:(AFP)
2009-01-30
Judge dumps horseshoe crab protection
A judge has struck down Delaware's two-year ban on harvesting horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, saying the crustaceans' population is healthy enough to allow a limited harvest.
Nations:U.S.
2007-06-09
Wisconsin man spears a 6-foot sturgeon
The fish's long shadow slid under the ice, causing Darren Horness to blink. "I was skimming some ice off the hole, and all the sudden I thought I caught a little bit of movement, and I had to kind of take a step back," said Horness, 36, of Howards Grove. "The fish was actually coming up into the hole, I just could see part of it and could tell it was a kind of a nice fish, but I had no idea how big it really was."
Nations:U.S.
2007-02-15
EU slashes cod fishing quotas
European Union ministers have slashed fishing quotas for extinction-threatened cod by up to 20 percent after marathon talks.
Nations:France Spain Denmark Netherlands
2006-12-21
California to restrict ocean fishing
Flying over California's rugged Central Coast, Mike Sutton pointed to kelp forests and rocky reefs just below the water's surface that will soon be off-limits to fishing under one of the nation's most ambitious plans to protect marine life.
Nations:U.S. South Africa New Zealand Australia
2006-11-19
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