People living on islands in Southeast Asia were not just getting by 40,000 years ago. They were heading into deep water and coming back with big, fast fish. Organic boats and ropes usually rot away, so direct proof is rare. What survives are tools, fish bones, and clues in microscopic wear on stone edges. Riczar Fuentes of Ateneo …
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Venezuela on Saturday hit out at the United States for allegedly seizing a fishing boat for eight hours in its exclusive economic zone, as the U.S. military patrols the Caribbean to target drug cartels. The vessel carrying nine fishermen was “illegally and hostilely” detained on Friday by the USS Jason Dunham, a destroyer, the foreign ministry in Caracas said in …
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The family of a Florida man who was infected with flesh-eating bacteria have revealed the terrifying symptoms that are putting his life in danger. Ben West, 38, contracted Vibrio vulnificus after he and his family went crabbing and mullet fishing on August 23 under a bridge in Port St. Joe, a town in the Florida panhandle. Cases have been on the rise, …
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A fisher who recently went out on the Mississippi River in Minnesota ended up spotting a submerged car and evidently helped solve a nearly 60-year-old missing person case, according to authorities and local news reporting. Brody Loch, the fisher at the center of the remarkable chain of events, told the Minneapolis news outlet WCCO that he called authorities after discovering …
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Foreign Secretary David Lammy has admitted he did not have a rod licence to go fishing with JD Vance and has blamed the oversight on an “administrative error”. Lammy has written to the Environment Agency to tell them about the mistake and has bought a fishing licence. The agency says anglers in England and Wales aged 13 or over must …
Read More »HONOLULU (AP) — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections. The remote Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument is home to turtles, marine mammals and seabirds, which environmental groups say …
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HONOLULU — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections. The remote Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument is home to turtles, marine mammals and seabirds, which environmental groups say will …
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Sea trolls are seemingly not welcome in Alaska. The Seattle Kraken and their mascot, Buoy the sea troll, were in Anchorage for a community partnership when Buoy and Co. were charged by a grizzly bear. The grizzly bear begins charging Buoy. X/SEAbuoy Buoy and the crew were forced to leave the water as the bear charged. X/SEAbuoy The team was …
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A group of Texas landowners are railing against President Donald Trump as he seeks to force them to sell parts of their property to build his long promised border wall. Residents in Starr County, in southern Texas, are being hauled to court to face off with high-powered administration lawyers who have filed eminent domain lawsuits. Eminent domain cases are used to …
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