Let’s bend it like Beckham but this time it’s about fishing which apparently is a new passion for David Beckham. He likes to salmon fish. And in this story, there are two aspects, as I see it, to David Beckham’s salmon fishing, (1) there’s been …
This is an ongoing story. It’s back in the news today. Orcas in the Mediterranean attacking small boats. They seem to be targeting the steering year i.e. the rudder of boats to disable them. It seems to be a very intelligent tactic to stop the …
Chris Packham, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Amanda Holden, and others have asked Iridium, a GPS firm, to halt real-time GPS tracking because it’s being used to overfish yellowfin tuna. My understanding is that Iridium’s GPS devices communicate with Fish Aggregating Devices which allows fishing fleets to …
Krill are small crustaceans, the bedrock of many marine species across all the oceans and in the Antarctic. They are considered to be the key to the health of fish, whale populations and penguins in the Antarctic. Although the Chinese have resolutely denied it, James …
NEWS: Fishermen are outraged by a four-week ban on trawler fishing to protect dolphins in the Bay of Biscay. A fisherman based in the port of Lege-Cap-Ferret, Olivier Argelas said: “It’s really brutal of the government to bar us from working for a month. Fishing …
Perhaps we have the impression that sharks are nasty predators that attack people at any opportunity. Sharks are certainly persecuted by humans. They are endangered actually mainly because of the insatiable appetite in Asia for shark find soup. It is wiping the species out. But …
Research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals that albatrosses appear to learn to avoid fishing boats in order to improve survivability and lengthen their lifespan because when they try to feed on long lines baited with fish and squid, they become …
For me, this video is frankly disgusting. I hate it and can barely bring myself to watch it. It is just bloody horrible. These are fish living in clay-based mud. I am not an expert of these species, but it seems that these videos show …
I have a strong feeling that cheating in fishing competitions is off the scale because there are some quite nice prizes, and some people lack morals. This is a recent example, but you’ll find many others on the internet. Quick research indicates to me an …
