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Duterte slams China's aggression vs PHL vessels
President Rodrigo R. Duterte denounced last week’s aggression by Chinese Coast Guard vessels against two Philippine-flagged boats during a leaders’ summit on Monday of China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian ...
- November 23, 2021
US sanctions individuals, entities over China-based illegal fishing
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on individuals and companies, including Nasdaq-listed Pingtan Marine Enterprise, Ltd. (PME), over what Washington says are human rights abuses linked to China-based illegal ...
- December 12, 2022
Rare baby ghost shark discovery delights New Zealand scientists
hile typically heard in an omnipresent children's song, the phrase baby shark has delighted New Zealand scientists after the rare discovery of a juvenile ghost shark during a survey off the east coast of the country's South ...
- February 18, 2022
China's latest weapon against Taiwan: the sand dredger
On board the Taiwan Coast Guard Ship PP-10062, East China Sea — Taiwanese coast guard commander Lin Chie-ming is on the frontline of a new type of warfare that China is waging against Taiwan. China’s weapon? Sand. On a ...
- February 8, 2021
How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment
Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy’s edge is crumbling into the delta. Just 15 years ago, Southeast Asia’s longest river carried some 143 ...
- December 19, 2022
Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger,’ says UNESCO committee
The Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of “in danger” World Heritage Sites, a UN committee recommended on Tuesday, prompting an angry response from Australia which said it had been blindsided by the move and ...
- June 23, 2021
US says Beijing's South China Sea 'provocations' risk major incident
The United States on Tuesday accused China of increased “provocations” against rival claimants in the South China Sea and said its “aggressive and irresponsible behavior’ meant it was only a matter of time before a major ...
- July 28, 2022
Fisherwomen in northwest Spain's Galicia passing on traditions to new generation
Just before dawn breaks over the Noia estuary in Spain’s Galicia region, hundreds of women descend by torchlight into the waist-deep waters to gather cockles and clams from the riverbed using techniques that have been ...
- December 6, 2021
US official says successful fishery talks crucial for WTO
The United States said on Thursday it was pushing hard for the World Trade Organization to reach agreement on cutting fishing subsidies in coming months and viewed those talks as a test of whether the global body can still ...
- February 10, 2020
Hong Kong plans to ban sea products from Japan
Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday said the city will ban seafood products from a large number of Japanese prefectures if Tokyo goes ahead with a plan to discharge treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima ...
- July 12, 2023