Bad Moon Rising for Coastal Fishermen
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KOTA KINABALU: When the full moon rises, coastal dwellers all over the country cast worried glances at the sea.  It is a worrying time for thousands as their homes, livelihood and lives are mere metres from being swallowed by hungry waves.
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By Brent Frazee, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Sep. 24--N ORFORK, Ark. -- One fishing boat stood out on Norfork Lake the other day.   Others were clustered in the shallows, where fishermen worked rocky banks and points.
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In the waters and beaches off this Cape Cod town, the shiny scalps and whiskered snouts of the gray seal are everywhere. They bask in the sun, mug for boaters and, fisherman say, eat way too many fish.
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Rising sea levels are threatening parts of the Giant's Causeway and other NI coastal areas.
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By Murray Kelso  Yet another hapless driver has been caught out by rising tides at Holy Island causeway - less than a week after shock signs were put up to stop it happening.
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By Jessica Foster, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 19--The Coast Guard rescued three fishermen who were stranded  without power on their boat from 6- to 8-foot seas east of Georgetown on  Sunday.
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By JESSICA VAN SACK  The tragedy of four fallen fishermen has become a rallying cry for politicians hoping to reform marine regulations they say threaten the lives of men at sea with too-restrictive limits on the number of days boats may head out.
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Diarrhea, malaria, dengue fever, and even meningitis and flu may be waiting to cause a second wave of misery across Indian Ocean coastal
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AGUA DULCE, Mexico  - The stench of rotten fish  and gasoline hangs over beached wooden boats and piles of dry  nets in the riverside fishing community of El Muelle on  Mexico's east coast.
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By Howard W. French  Where as many 10,000 fishing boats once docked, today only a few bob in a long, serpentine harbor here still flecked with wrecks. All along the shoreline, families that only recently made a rich living from the sea stare glumly at reminders of their loss.
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By Rowena Coetsee, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jan. 31--Expecting to receive an infusion of money soon, Contra Costa sheriff's deputies are preparing for yet another round of pulling abandoned boats out of the Delta.
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MIAMI - By the time spear fisherman Ignacio Siberio realized his boat had drifted away in the chilly waters off the Florida Keys, it was too late to signal for help.
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By Kevin Wadlow, Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon  Feb. 17--A March 7 deadline grows closer for commercial fishing boats in a Gulf of Mexico fishery to install satellite-monitoring equipment on their boats.
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Working fishing boats cram this city's docks, brightly painted vessels with names like "Let It Ride" and "Fearless." But tied up alongside them are plenty of rusting vessels that have not shipped out in years, stark reminders of the sea's fickle bounty.
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Fishermen are famed for overstating the size of their catches, but science has found an instance in which anglers have apparently underestimated their prowess.
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By ANNE MARIE APOLLO  Once a moonless night has fallen over Nassau County's beach access at Peters Point Park, the darkness is so complete in some spots it might be possible to walk into the sea if the sound of the waves didn't act as a guide.
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By Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times  Dec. 14--The rain and wind have washed out most fishing plans, but those willing to venture out should find an odd place here and there to catch something.