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NEWS ABOUT: fishing boat

fishing boat stories: 9 news summaries

 Giant Jellyfish Sink Trawler 

Net filled with 400-pound creatures capsizes boat

Nov 3, 09 4:22 AM CST
(Newser) - A 10-ton fishing trawler sank off the coast of Japan after its crew tried to haul in a net filled with gigantic jellyfish. The three crew members were pitched into the water as the ship capsized and were rescued by another boat, the Telegraph reports. Nomura's jellyfish can weigh up... More »

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Japan • fishing • marine life • jellyfish • fishing boat • fishermen

Feds Seize
Yet Another Madoff Boat

$430K Long Island vessel will be sold
to aid victims

Apr 3, 09 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - After nabbing a yacht and a motorboat and seizing his Florida mansion, feds have taken a third vessel belonging to Bernie Madoff: a fancy fishing boat found off Long Island, the New York Daily News reports. The 38-foot boat, bought for $430,812 in 2003, is named Sitting Bull, in... More »

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(Newser) - The fishing boat that capsized earlier this month leaving three football players presumed dead was improperly anchored, the AP reports. After interviewing the lone survivor, a Florida agency has determined that when the passengers attempted to free the anchor by gunning the boat’s motor, the craft was swamped and... More »

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Florida • NFL • Gulf of Mexico • Arab Israeli conflict • anchor • fishing boat • report • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler • William Bleakley • capsize • state agency

(AP) - The father of an NFL player among three men lost at sea said today the Coast Guard's hopes of finding survivors off the Florida Gulf Coast are waning. Bruce Cooper, father of Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, says he still has hope. But the Coast Guard told families privately that officials... More »

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NFL • NCAA football • Coast Guard • missing boater • fishing boat • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper

 No Distress Signal From 
 Missing NFLers: Coast Guard 

Lion, Raider were fishing off Gulf Coast

Mar 2, 09 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The Coast Guard got no distress signal from a missing fishing boat carrying NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith and two friends off Florida's Gulf Coast, the AP reports. “That's not to say they didn't send one out," said an official. "We didn't receive anything”—... More »

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NFL • NCAA football • fishing • Coast Guard • missing boater • missing person • fishing boat • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper

Trawler Dumps Endangered Fish, Sparking Eco-Outrage

Vessel jettisoned 80% of its catch to comply with EU rules

Aug 14, 08 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Film of a British trawler dumping 10,000 pounds of dead fish caught in Norwegian waters back into the sea has outraged Norway as well as environmentalists, the Guardian reports. The boat dumped nearly 80% of its catch, including cod and other endangered fish, to comply with EU quotas. Conservationists... More »

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United Kingdom • Norway • fish • fishing • fishing boat • overfishing

Ballooning
Gas Costs Fuel Mass Protests
in Europe

Hefty taxes double
the pump price in US

May 29, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Skyrocketing fuel prices are hitting Americans hard, but drivers across the Atlantic are shelling out twice as much, Time reports. Europeans pay an average of $8.70 for a gallon of gas, and the hefty price hikes this year are leading to protests that threaten to shut down cities, ports,... More »

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European Union • Europe • gas prices • gas tax • fishing boat

Spain Speeds to Save
Pirate Hostages

Fishing boat is latest target of Somali brigands

Apr 21, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Spanish naval frigate is steaming to the waters off Somalia to rescue crew members of a tuna boat seized by pirates, reports the BBC. The boat was grabbed just days after French commandos freed hostages from a luxury yacht comandeered by Somali pirates. The tuna boat's 26 crew members... More »

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Somalia • Spain • pirates • ransom • fishing boat • hostage

 4 Dead After Boat
 Starts Sinking Off Alaska 

Fishing vessel doomed by high waves off Alaska coast

Mar 23, 08 7:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four crew members of a Seattle-based fishing boat died today after the vessel sank amidst high seas off the Alaska coast, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Officials rescued 42 members, but a search continues for one missing staffer, according to the AP. The boat began sinking shortly before 3 a.... More »

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Alaska • diesel • Washington state • Seattle • fishing boat • crew members • Dutch Harbor • Alaska Ranger

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