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Fisherman makes 12-hour swim to shore

... and another was rescued after 30 hours in the sea, while authorities searched Thursday for a third person after a fishing ... said 10 planes and helicopters were continuing to search 370 square miles of ocean for the lost captain. The trawler's nets ...

Better way to fish along West Coast?

Groundfish are 82 species, caught mostly by trawlers hauling nets along the ocean bottom, that are sold in U.S. fish ... earlier this year that would give a 20 percent share of quotas to 30 processors, whether they already own their own fishing ...

Nets killing off 10 dolphin, porpoise species - Environment- msnbc.com

A conservation group on Thursday issued a report listing the areas around the world where fishing nets have become deathtraps for thousands of  dolphins and porpoises.

Derelict fishing gear mapped in bid to clean up - Environment- msnbc ...

Researchers using satellites and aircraft have found a concentration of lost or abandoned fishing nets that drift through the oceans endangering marine life, the National Oceanic ...

Cyclone-hit fisheries hurt Myanmar - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com

The Myanmar government says it plans to build more than 9,000 boats and provide fishing nets to speed revival of the industry. "We have started distribution to help those fishermen ...

Debris soils Bush vow to protect islands - Environment- msnbc.com

Endangered monk seals are still being snared and coral reefs smothered by discarded fishing nets. Albatrosses are still feeding on indigestible plastic and feeding it to their young

Rescued submariners return to Russia - Europe- msnbc.com

But Riches, the British commander, said the vessel had become tangled in fishing nets, as had been originally reported. “The submarine was caught very firm into the fishing nets ...