fishing

Huge fleet of 300 Chinese fishing boats is ‘raping’ Galapagos Islands’ waters, causing damage

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Huge fleet of 300 Chinese fishing boats is ‘raping’ Galapagos Islands’ waters, pillaging food supplies and causing unprecedented environmental damage, officials say Fleet includes fish processing plants, refuelling vessels and colossal trawlers Boats raided the Galapagos Islands’ protected waters throughout the summer They have since moved south and anchored off Peru after international outcry Islands … Read more

People traffickers ‘are paying French fishing boat crews to get migrants across the English Channel’

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People traffickers are hiring French fishing boat crews to carry desperate migrants halfway across the Channel in a bid to evade eye-in-the-sky military drones. Once in open water, asylum seekers clamber into pre-inflated dinghies held in the fishing boat to complete the rest of the perilous 21-mile crossing, reports suggest. Onlookers have reported seeing between 70 … Read more

The fishing village that is split in two by coronavirus rules

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The fishing village that is split in two by coronavirus rules: Residents are left baffled after most locals are free to socialise – while a handful on the other side of a FOOTBRIDGE are banned from mixing indoors Fishing village of Staithes has been split in two by controversial Covid-19 rules On one side of … Read more

Will France give way in Brexit fishing row?

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Will France give way in Brexit fishing row? Hints of a compromise on EU access to British waters as trade deal deadline looms French minister for European affairs hints at climbdown on access to UK waters Clement Beaune warned French fishermen they could not expect same rights  His comments represent a change from Mr Macron’s hardline … Read more

Michel Barnier urges French back down in Brexit battle over fishing rights but they REFUSE to budge

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Michel Barnier urges French to back down in Brexit battle over fishing rights… but they REFUSE to budge French officials refused to back down over access to UK fishing waters yesterday European affairs minister said: ‘Our fishermen will not be a bargaining chip’  Brussels negotiator Michel Barnier said it was not ‘feasible’ for European trawlers … Read more

Three brothers aged 14, five, and four find GUNS in canal during magnet fishing trips

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That’s a deadly catch! Three brothers aged 14, five, and four find GUNS in canal during magnet fishing trips  Reece Nixon, 14, found a World War One machine gun at the bottom of a canal His brother Riley fished out a handgun about a year later  Their younger brother found a BB gun on his … Read more

Sniffer dogs tracked missing Nora Quoirin to an abandoned fishing hut

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Malaysian sniffer dogs tracked missing British girl Nora Quoirin’s scent to an abandoned fishing hut – but found no scent at the villa window she is thought to have climbed through, her inquest heard.  Nora vanished from the Dusun rainforest resort, around 45 miles from Kuala Lumpur, where she had been staying with her parents … Read more

Michel Barnier delivers ultimatum on post-Brexit fishing rights

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Brexit trade talks between the UK and the EU have descended into insults after Michel Barnier said Britain is regaining control of its waters but not necessarily the fish within them.  The EU’s chief negotiator said the UK ‘will recover the full sovereignty’ of its waters as part of its decision to split from Brussels.  … Read more

As we wrangle over fishing rights, former MEP DANIEL HANNAN argues that we have the upper hand 

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Even after all this time, they still don’t understand us. The European Union clearly expects Britain, once again, to surrender its fishing grounds and betray its coastal communities for the sake of a wider, post-Brexit free trade agreement with Brussels. Why else would the EU’s lead negotiator, Michel Barnier, display such intransigence as a no-deal … Read more

Megan Thee Stallion flaunts her curves fishing in string bikini and golfing in pink hot pants

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Megan Thee Stallion gets sporty as she goes fishing in a tiny string bikini before donning pink hot pants for some golf… after accusing Tory Lanez of shooting her By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 08:15 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 13:06 BST, 24 August 2020 Megan Thee Stallion has never been accused of … Read more