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County OKs better fishing access on Lake Macatawa (The Holland Sentinel)

Experts say that more access to Lake Macatawa for shorebound anglers should locally reverse a nationwide trend of a declining participation rate in fishing. Few sites are available for anglers without boats because most shoreline land is used for marinas, industry and homes, Dan O’Keefe of Michigan Sea Grant in Grand Haven wrote in a letter to Ottawa County this fall. Land that is ...

Fishing - The most dangerous job in the UK (Fishupdate.com)

FISHING continues to be the most dangerous occupation in the UK with no sign of that situation improving, according to a report published by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), on Friday.

Dad dies in fishing horror (New York Daily News)

A father-son fishing trip turned deadly Sunday for a Long Island man who was pulled under the water by an anchor rope as his panicked son watched helplessly.

Ghana: Government to Establish Oversight Bodies to Manage Fishing Harbours (AllAfrica.com)

Government is to establish two autonomous oversight bodies, to manage the 14 fishing harbours and landing sites being constructed alongside the coastal areas of the country.

Cousins Die In San Mateo Fishing Mishap (FOX 11 Reno)

The two people were found dead inside a capsized fishing vessel when it was recovered off Pillar Point Harbor near Half Moon Bay Saturday morning were two Milpitas cousins in their 40s, according to the San Mateo Sheriff's Office.

Economic storms force some owners to leave their boats behind (The Columbus Dispatch)

SAN FRANCISCO -- From southern California to Maine, the foundering economy, high fuel prices and poor fishing have driven boat owners to abandon perhaps thousands of vessels on the waterfront, where they are beginning to break up and sink, leaking oil and other pollutants.

Appeal over Israel's Confiscation of 3 Palestinian Boats (Palestine News Agency)

GAZA, November 28, 2008 (WAFA)-, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) have filed, Tuesday, a legal appeal against Israeli Army Minister, Ehud Barak and the commander of the Israeli Navy. The appeal was launched over Israel 's illegal confiscation of three large fishing boats from Palestinian territorial ...