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Illegal Chinese fishing fleet evades marine radar by disabling transponder
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Captains of Chinese DWF ships disable their transponders while engaging in illicit fishing to avoid being watched in sensitive areas. It has been observed that the automatic identification systems (AIS) aboard these ships suffer transmission pauses of at least eight hours near the EEZ of oth
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Bodies of seven members of family fished out of Pune river, suicide suspec
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune Rural Police on Tuesday registered an Accident Death Report (ADR) after the bodies of 7 members of a family were fished out from a river in Daund town of Pune district.
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SC allows use of purse seine nets for fishing beyond territorial waters in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Supreme Court allowed the use of purse seine nets for fishing beyond the territorial waters of Tamil Nadu but within the Exclusive Economic Zone with certain conditions.
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China adamant about turning environmental laws into laughing stock with it
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China is overfishing, dumping waste into marine protected areas, polluting air, water and land alike, disturbing and destroying the coral reefs, and killing protected fish species.
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Chinese distant-water fishing activities growing rapidly, unsustainably ac
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China is often found guilty of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices, targeting prohibited species, causing irreversible environmental damage as well as intelligence gathering, espionage and space tracking.
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Philippines wary of China's "predatory and opaque" investments
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Philippines must keep in mind that Chinese investments are known to be predatory and opaque in nature, with terms that are heavily skewed against the recipient country.
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Ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa thanks Jaishankar for India's "steadfast commitmen
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa thanked India for "steadfast commitment" in assisting Sri Lanka during troubled times.
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Sri Lankan sea cucumber farmers lament that fishing industry is slowly dis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In Kiranchi village, Kilinochchi, the traditional fishermen's protest against sea cucumber farms has crossed 100 days. In the northern peninsula, the farming method of caging a specific area in the sea and harvesting sea cucumbers is an unfamiliar experience, according to CSST.
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India repatriates Pakistani national via Attari-Wagah border
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India and Pakistan this month had exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody, in line with the longstanding agreement between the two countries.
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Activists claim China-backed Kyaukphyu deep sea port to disrupt livelihood
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The development of Kyaukphyu Port and Special Economic Zone (KPSEZ), Myanmar's first deep-sea port in Rakhine state, is bound to face resistance, Mizzima reported, adding that activists have claimed that the deep sea port is expected to disrupt the livelihoods of local fishermen as fish stoc
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Pakistan: Situation in Gwadar remains sombre after Haq Do Tehreek leader's
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Fishermen, traders, women and other people living in the region have been alarmed at the arrest of Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, the Dawn claimed, adding that a shopkeeper named Jameel Baloch expressed anger over the arrest of the Haq Do Tehreek leader.
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Pak lawyers boycott courts in protest against arrest of Gwadar movement le
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The boycott of lawyers came a day after the 'Haq Do Tehreek' (HDT) leader was arrested when he showed up on Friday at the court premises in Gwadar over the charges of killing a policeman, the Pakistani newspaper said.
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