Fisheries & Oceans

JAKARTA: Indonesia today sent a formal protest note to Malaysia over the arrest of three Indonesian fisheries officials in disputed waters. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said Jakarta had determined that the incident last Friday took place in Indonesian waters off Bintan island. We have sent a diplomatic note to convey our protest and concern regarding the violation of our territorial ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia on Wednesday sent a diplomatic note to Malaysia protesting Malaysian marine police arrests of three Indonesian maritime and fisheries officers on Friday allegedly in the waters of Bintan in Indonesia.

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A team from the Department of Fisheries are today scouring the beaches along Gracetown for any shark activity where Busselton man Nick Edwards was killed by a shark yesterday.

The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council is holding a special meeting in Anchorage this week on how to better protect the endangered Steller sea lion.

An aboriginal man occupying a remote northern B.C. base normally used in the summer by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is hindering efforts to accurately count part of this years Fraser River sockeye run.

Sri Lanka's first National Fisheries Federation incorporating all the fishermen belonging to fishermen's 984 Fisheries Societies in the country was formed yesterday on the initiative of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratna.

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China is quickly modernizing its military and has set its sights on extending its influence deep into the Pacific and Indian oceans now that the military balance with its longtime nemesis, Taiwan, is tilting in its favor, the U.S. Defense Department reported Monday.

La Jolla Shores residents have registered complaints at recent community meetings about the visual impacts of a towering construction boom at work on the new Southwest Marine Fisheries building on La Jolla Shores Drive. Officials said the large boom is needed to excavate the hillside for underground parking so when finished the project does not block views. In September 2009, ground was broken ...

South Africa halted raw wool and mohair exports to China because it could guarantee that the wool had originated from areas that were free of Rift Valley Fever, Cape Wools said, citing a Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries statement.

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With their eyes on Cowichan Lake, a group of local volunteers is in the midst of a two-year cataloguing of lake fisheries activity.

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ANGER has been expressed after fisheries board officials refused Cork County Councils request to carry out further dredging on the Bandon river as part of the local authoritys flood prevention plans.

The Fisheries and Marine Institute has opened its new marine base in Holyrood. National Revenue Minister Keith Ashfield was on hand for the official opening.

Shrimpers trawling Louisiana waters Monday in the first commercial season since the Gulf disaster don't know what dangers from the massive BP oil spill still lurk and what market there will be for their catch if consumers don't believe the seafood is safe.

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KOTA TINGGI, Malaysia - Seven Malaysian fishermen were detained by Indonesians claiming to be officers of the Indonesian Fisheries Department during a fishing trip in the waters off Pengerang.

The three men were among several Indonesians who were believed to have encroached into Malaysian waters and abducted at least seven Malaysian fishermen.