The bodies of sea lions, cormorants and penguins were discovered on Sunday littering a seven mile stretch of beach in Punta de Choros, northern Chile, is the proximity of the Humboldt Penguin Nature ...
Blast fishing — the act of using explosives underwater to kill entire schools of fish with shock waves — has been a widespread problem in the Philippines for decades. Although a few fishermen get rich ...
Blast fishing — the act of using explosives underwater to kill entire schools of fish with shock waves — has been a widespread problem in the Philippines for decades. Although a few fishermen get rich ...
On many nights at sea off this Pacific port, Aaron Medina drops bombs that cause dozens of fish to soar into the air. Like a drug dealer advertising his goods, the 23-year-old fisherman rubbernecks to ...
Blast fishing has taken a toll on both the fishermen and marine life of El Salvador’s Jiquilisco Bay Biosphere Reserve. Some residents have lost limbs or eyes or suffered bad burns. And populations of ...
Unable to swim with a ruptured swim bladder, fish injured by an underwater concussive blast slowly sink to the bottom of the sea. (Image courtesy of Dharshana Jayawardena) In 2020, six people from ...
LEGAZPI CITY—Thirteen of 25 dolphins stranded on the shores of Del Gallego town in Camarines Sur province on Tuesday died from what fisheries officials described as injuries suffered from blast ...
CORINTO – Aaron Medina was 12 years old when he tossed his first bomb. Now 22, Medina, the only of three siblings who didn’t emigrate to find work abroad, lives a life like someone in a warzone: He’s ...
Arrests of fishermen in eastern Indonesia at the end of last year have highlighted the persistent use of explosives for fishing, a destructive practice that’s illegal under the country’s laws. Local ...
Though illegal, the practice continues to run rampant in Indonesian waters. The waters of Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, appear pristine and unharmed, home to creatures and landforms that testify to ...
CINEGRAPHIX STUDIOS/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Brody Levin (left) is all smiles for his junior angler division winning 16.8-pound bonito caught during the Bonito Blast while fishing with friends (left to right ...
The rich marine life off Tanzania's coast is coming under threat because of blast fishing - a technique using explosives that some fishermen use to maximise their catch. ''Blast fishing destroys the ...