Kolkata Eight fishermen have been killed and one is missing after a boat capsized 60 kilometres off Bay of Bengal when a tornado hit it on Friday. The trawler set out to sea on September 18 with 17 fishermen on board from Kwakdip in the Sundarban areas of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Joy Krishna Haldar, general secretary …
In short: Sharks are attacking the catch of fishing trawlers leaving fishers with torn nets and empty pockets. "We just don't have good data on trends and populations, but certainly the anecdotal information from a large number of fishermen across most of the east coast is the number of shark interactions and the number of sharks they are seeing is …
The skipper of a prawn trawler has described watching it sink off the Far North Queensland coast after a passing freighter came to the crew's rescue. Key points: The FV Santiago crew abandoned ship after water began pouring into the engine room A nearby freighter, Albatross Bay, rescued the four crew safely Authorities are working to prevent diesel from the …
The mounting row over the vessels comes as hopes of striking a new fishing deal between Britain and France are growing, with tensions thawing out between both sides. Meanwhile, French and European officials have failed the "constructive spirit" in the talks over post-Brexit fishing licences since Emmanuel Macron paused his threat of sanctions to create space for further discussions. Hints …
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