50 Ton Headache for Spanish Fishing Village
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Villagers at a small northern Spanish fishing port started the New Year with a whale of a problem after a 50 ton cetacean washed up on their beach.
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By Nicholas Azzara, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jun. 3--MANATEE -- An answer to the county's boat launch shortage could lie in the heart of a proposed community of 1,100 homes near Anna Maria Island.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - Some construction alongside the state's coastal marshes would be pushed back 50 feet from the fragile ecosystems under rules approved by the Board of Natural Resources.
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Soaring costs have apparently doomed an ambitious project to build what might have been the nationâs first offshore windmills.
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Overfishing by subsidized European fleets off the coast of West Africa is hurting local fisheries and forcing people to slaughter wildlife to get enough to eat, researchers said on Thursday.
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The Che are gasping for air in the turbulent waters of La Liga. Now they must fight to ensure their next breath is not their last in the quest to retain the Championship when they travel to new boys Getafe.
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By Brent Frazee, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jun. 3--MARION, Kan. -- The minute Marc Murrell hooked something big recently at Marion Reservoir, he knew what it was.   The fish hit with a jolting strike, then immediately began to strip line off the reel. Then it really got mad.
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Fuel oil from the Selendang Ayu has reached a fishing community 50 miles from the wreckage of the grounded freighter, prompting new concerns about the effect of last month's spill in the Bering Sea.
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Tens of thousands of people protested Sunday in northwest Spain against a government plan to privatize part of a money-losing, state-owned shipbuilder.
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ESTEPONA, Spain  - From lager louts breaking their noses in fights to pensioners tripping down stairs, thousands of foreigners pouring to the coast in search of sun run up a hefty public hospital bill for Spain.
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Neither is a man of La Mancha, but the two wandering Americans named Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish may feel like Don Quixote going against malevolent windmills today. Tilting with tennis rackets while 27,000 Spaniards screamingly try to drive them as cuckoo as old D.Q. himself.
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In Michigan, the fishermanâs paradise all but surrounded by water, angling for a prized catch is about to become a lot more complicated.
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SCOTLANDâS beleaguered white-fish fleet was last night facing another end-of-year battle for economic survival in the face of a European Commission demand for trawling to be outlawed in more than 10,000 square miles of the North Sea and west-coast waters
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Turkey's new shipping regulations are causing an expensive bottleneck on the famed waterway.
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Rescuers scoured the seas off the Canary Islands Thursday for around 50 illegal immigrants who went missing after their vessel capsized as it was trying to reach the Spanish archipelago, emergency services said.
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By PETER GUINTA  When wild ocean waves are daily undermining the house foundation and washing away patio furniture, it may be difficult for that homeowner to remain patient.
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CULEBRA CREEK, Colo  - As the snow melts from the towering peaks in the distance, Culebra Creek runs fast and the trout are biting. But Van Beecham, a fourth generation fishing guide, is uneasy.