Tag: Fishing
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Great white shark filmed underwater in the Strait of Sicily during ghost-net cleanup
A Great White Shark was filmed underwater in the Strait of Sicily by a team of volunteer divers who were clearing ghost nets from a shipwreck, in what is believed to be the first diver-filmed underwater footage of an adult great white shark in the Mediterranean. The team, made up of the Healthy Seas Foundation,…
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Tunisia and Turkey fishing for bluefin tuna outside Malta’s coast
Yesterday, a large cluster of fishing boats was located just outside Maltese maritime territorial waters. The cluster included more than 20 fishing boats all fishing probably for bluefin tuna. At first I thought they were all Tunisian, but some of them were actually Turkish such as the Can Yusuf IMO: 1170278, featured above from Marine…
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Labour and PN take credit over EU victory for Maltese fishermen
Both the Labour government and the Nationalist Party are takeing credit over a very significant victory obtained at the European Union institutions in favour of Maltese fishermen. The European Union will be sanctioning up to 21 Tunisian and Italian fishing vessels which have been encroaching into Maltese waters and even intimidating Maltese fishing boats. These…
