50 Ton Headache for 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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OTAHEITE, Trinidad _ When Ramos Ramdeo gazes at the water off this southern fishing village, he sees more than the crystal blue color, choppy waves and one of the world's richest shrimp spawning grounds. He sees his livelihood.
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Boscastle, a fishing village in Cornwall, has been devastated by a flash flood following torrential rain and a rising tide.
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Chinese efforts to restock a polluted northern river with fish ran into problems when more than 1,000 residents started hauling them out almost as soon as they were put in, state media said on Thursday.
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By Karen Lovett, The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H.  Dec. 13--HOLLIS -- A community farm project hit a snag Monday as Hollis  selectmen rejected putting town money towards its development.
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CHONG KHNEAS, Cambodia -- A decade ago, Chan Kimoeun could pilot his skiff across the turbid water of the Tonle Sap, stay out for two days and bring home as much as 400 pounds of fish. On this day, he returned from five nights of floating torpor with a mere 50 pounds -- hardly enough to cover the costs of fuel or the rice he cooked during the trip.
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By Lew Freedman, Chicago Tribune  Jun. 17--EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. -- It's a terrible thing when you have a one-track mind, as so many fishermen do. Here I was in northwest Arkansas and all I could think about was hybrid stripers on Beaver Lake.
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A Royal Commission warns species are at risk unless steps are taken to close up to a third of UK fishing grounds.
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By John Gillie, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 9--Forget the dream of buying a condominium on the east side of Tacoma's Thea Foss Waterway.
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By The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Sep. 6--Time and again, the New England Fishery Management Council has proved to be a reluctant guardian of the region's commercial fishing stocks.
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Fishing is steady although the number of anglers going out has been down somewhat. Walleye can still be taken most anywhere, but you have to work for it.  Dropping water levels have led to unusable ramps.
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By JIM FREDA  A big south to southwest blow with winds predicted to reach 60 mph set the stage to put a damper on the start of the weekend fishery once again.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 13--A plan to improve Cucharas Reservoir has been put on hold because a company that would have paid part of the cost can't get a permit for a power plant in northern Pueblo County in a timely manner.
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By Vera Haffey, The Montana Standard, Butte  Sep. 6--PHILIPSBURG -- Talk of a dense subdivision at the Georgetown Lake  Lodge is causing concerns for some lake residents who think Granite County  should rein in its development practices.
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By Diana Graettinger, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Sep. 11--CALAIS -- An effort to develop a 640-acre parcel at Nash's Lake was scuttled last month, but city councilors discussed what to do with the property last week.
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By Melissa Mcever, The Brownsville Herald, Texas  Feb. 9--Local anglers might have to cut their daily catches of spotted seatrout in half if new state regulations pass this year.
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By Eric Sharp, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 10--BALDWIN -- This isn't something you hear of too often: an angler complaining that the fish are too big.