illegal fishing
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Mexico
50 years after the release of ‘Jaws,’ it’s sharks who should be afraid
It’s June 1975. Audiences are packing into cinemas to watch a young female character named Chrissie Watkins wander down to…
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Mexico
Illegal shark fins bound for China seized in Baja California
Mexican authorities seized more than 2,000 kilograms of dried shark and ray fins bound for China early this month in…
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Mexico
US sportfishers illegally fish in Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park
Mexico’s ability to defend its marine sanctuaries is being put to the test in Revillagigedo National Park, the largest marine…
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Mexico
Young whale wrapped in fishing net washes ashore in Mazatlán
For the second time in a month, a whale has washed up on a beach in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, apparently killed…
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Mexico
US sanctions Mexico’s Gulf Cartel for smuggling red snapper
U.S. authorities have sanctioned five alleged members of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel for smuggling red snapper fish caught in U.S. waters.…
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Asia
‘A new era of slaves’: Thailand’s plan to loosen fisheries laws renews fears of illegal fishing, forced labour
The laws have made it much more difficult for commercial fishers to enter inshore exclusion and marine protected areas, which…
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Asia
US Coast Guard boards Chinese fishing boats near Kiribati, official says
SYDNEY: The US Coast Guard and Kiribati police boarded two Chinese fishing boats during a patrol against illegal fishing in…
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