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58-day fishing ban in sea to start April 15
Mar 20, 2025On April 15, the government will begin a 58-day fishing embargo in the bay with the goal of ensuring that marine fisheries are properly bred, produced, preserved, and collected. According to a fisheries and livestock ministry... -
Cambodia PM launches project linking Mekong river to sea via canal
Aug 6, 2024Hun Manet, the prime minister of Cambodia, inaugurated a contentious $1.7 billion canal project on Monday with the goal of creating a new route from the Mekong River to the ocean. Manet pledged to “finish it... -
New Zealand to end ban on oil and gas exploration
Jun 10, 2024The government of New Zealand said on Sunday that it intends to lift a five-year-old prohibition on new oil and gas development, which infuriated oppositional politicians and environmental organizations. The moratorium that has only permitted exploration... -
India says plane wreckage found in sea, likely from 2016 crash
Jan 13, 2024India’s defence ministry said Friday it believed it had found wreckage from an Indian Air Force An-32 transport plane which went missing over the Bay of Bengal in 2016 with 29 people on board. “This discovery... -
North Korea fires ‘several cruise missiles’ into sea: Yonhap
Jul 22, 2023According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea, North Korea has launched “several cruise missiles” into the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean peninsula, Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday. The launch occurred... -
Spain rescues 141 migrants at sea in one day
Jul 14, 2019A total of 141 migrants from the sub- Sahara region were rescued at sea Saturday between Spain and Morocco, from a variety of makeshift vessels, the Spanish maritime rescue service said. Two boats carrying 86 people,... -
UN kicks off talks on high seas treaty
Sep 6, 2018UN member states on Tuesday kicked off two years of negotiations toward a treaty that would finally regulate the high seas, which contain vast troves of valuable plant and animal DNA. In the morning, two small... -
Bowhead whales not only singers, but avid composers too
Apr 4, 2018How do bowhead whales in the unbroken darkness of the Arctic’s polar winter keep busy during breeding season? Why, they sing, of course. From late fall to early spring, off the east coast of Greenland, some... -
British Volvo Ocean Race crew member lost at sea
Mar 27, 2018A British Volvo Ocean Race crew member who fell overboard in the Southern Ocean is presumed lost at sea, organizers said on Tuesday. John Fisher, 47, had been competing with Hong Kong entry Team Sun Hung... -
In just one year, Israel halves plastic bags found in the sea
Feb 6, 2018One year after the State of Israel introduced a law that required supermarkets to charge customers for the use of plastic bags, use of the bags has dropped by 80 per cent, and bag waste found...
