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Mexican fishermen join fight to save extraordinary amphibian
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» SAN JERóNIMO PURENCHECUARO — After decades working as a fisherman on a high-altitude Mexican lake, Froylan Correa is now helping to save an endangered amphibian with gills resembling a lion's mane and a remarkable regenerative ability.
Last marine heat wave providing lessons for the future
Published on 02/12/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO — They call it “the Blob". A decade ago, sea surface temperatures in the Pacific soared 11 degrees Celsius above normal.
China blocks another Philippine supply mission
Kyodo News, Published on 27/08/2024
» A number of Chinese vessels blocked Philippine patrol ships on a resupply mission in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea on Monday, in the latest confrontation in the contested waters.
Hong Kong rejects call from Japan to drop ban on seafood imports from 10 prefectures
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/08/2024
» Hong Kong has remained firm on the need for a ban on Japanese seafood after the country's fisheries minister urged the city to drop restrictions imposed over the discharge of treated waste water from the mothballed Fukushima nuclear power plant.
S. Korean party leader urges Japan to stop dumping radioactive wastewater
Xinhua News Agency, Published on 05/09/2023
» SEOUL: Lee Jae-myung, leader of the South Korean main opposition Democratic Party, on Monday urged Japan to stop dumping radioactive wastewater into the ocean, which will endanger the safety of people around the world.
Japan: No radioactivity in Fukushima fish
Reuters and Kyodo News, Published on 26/08/2023
» TOKYO: Japan’s fisheries agency said on Saturday that fish tested in waters around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant did not contain detectable levels of the radioactive isotope tritium.
Japanese fishing industry reeling from China ban
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/08/2023
» TOKYO: Japan’s fishing industry is getting hit with falling prices and growing uncertainty after the Chinese government imposed a ban on the country’s marine products in response to its decision to release wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear site into the Pacific Ocean.
Loch Ness struggles with Scotland's shifting climate
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» INVERNESS (UNITED KINGDOM) - Around Scotland's Loch Ness, famous for hosting a mythical monster in its murky depths, another prolonged dry spell earlier this year has heightened fears of a different kind.
14 bodies found in capsized Chinese boat
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan navy said on Wednesday that it had located 14 bodies inside a Chinese fishing boat that capsized last week with 39 crew on board.
‘No survivors’ in capsized Chinese fishing vessel
AFP and Reuters, Published on 23/05/2023
» BEIJING: There were no survivors after a fishing vessel carrying 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesian and five Filipino crew members capsized last week in the Indian Ocean, according to an initial Chinese government investigation report released on Tuesday.