Seized lobster traps burned; Fisheries officials call fire suspicious
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YARMOUTH, N.S. (CP) - Lobster traps that were to be used as evidence in an illegal fishing case burned on a federal wharf early Monday in a fire that authorities say was suspicious.
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Undercover agents sampling grouper fish at 24 restaurants in the Madeira Beach, Fla., area found that 17 of the restaurants were serving counterfeit fish.
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A new study out of Norway concludes that it's unlikely lobsters feel pain, stirring up a long-simmering debate over whether Maine's most valuable seafood suffers when it's being cooked.
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Thousands of tiny 2-week-old lobsters were released into Maine waters during the weekend as part of an ongoing effort to keep the state's lobster populations strong.
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(CP) - An 18-metre fishing vessel is on fire off the coast of Newfoundland, and a Cormorant search and rescue helicopter has been dispatched to pluck six people from the water.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - The union representing B.C. fishermen says something's rotten in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and is demanding a judicial inquiry.
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By Destin Log, Fla.  Jan. 31--We'd like to believe that the members of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council have not made up their minds about the red snapper fishery.
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Two men suspected of setting a fire that destroyed dozens of Malibu homes last month have turned themselves in to authorities, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department said Sunday.
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suspect may have been the latest in a spate of arson attacks against religious targets. &quot;We are assuming it was arson,&quot; police spokeswoman Judith Verbaan said of Saturday&#39;s blaze at Helden.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Three experts in high-voltage electrical cables have been asked to inspect the wiring on HMCS Chicoutimi and test several theories as to the cause of last month's deadly submarine fire, the military said Sunday.
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Canada will hold a naval inquiry into the cause of a fire that broke out on a submarine last week, killing one sailor and leaving the vessel drifting in the Atlantic, Canadian Defense
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By GORDON JACKSON  FOLKSTON -- Despite the arrests of at least nine people suspected of setting arson wildfires in the region the past month, firefighters have been repeatedly called to extinguish suspicious blazes in the region.
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Authorities were trying to determine the origin of a fuel spill that could threaten coral reefs off Puerto Rico, the government said Thursday.
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MANILA, Philippines An investigation in the Philippines concludes that a deadly ferry fire in February was caused by a bomb, likely planted by the brutal Abu Sayyaf (AH&#39;-boo SEYE&#39;-yahf) group.
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Federal authorities along the West Coast have seized in recent weeks more than 600,000 pounds of suspected illegal Chilean sea bass, a &#36;10 million haul that environmentalists say reflects a thriving black market trade in the delicate, tasty fish.
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By MIKE SWAIN  CELEBRITY chefs yesterday hit out at destructive fishing policies which threaten to take seafood off the menu.   Chefs Antony Worrall Thompson and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall slammed fisheries chiefs who are set to ignore calls for a ban on some stocks.
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ENVIRONMENT Agency experts were last night investigating after a blaze in a wood pile at a skip hire company.   The agency said a fire at the same site last year polluted the Dee, but this time the river was clean.