Sentences with phrase «other illegal fishing»

Speaking to a group of fishermen and stakeholders in the fishing industry at Ekon near Cape Coast as part of his «Accounting to the people tour» in the Central Region, the president revealed that he had instructed the navy to arrest fishermen who engage in pair trawling and other illegal fishing activities.

President Mahama's comment comes days after the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) flagbearer Nana Akufo - Addo promised to ban pair trawling and other illegal fishing methods when voted into power.

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At the same time, we're doing enforcement activity in our remote [exclusive economic zones] to make sure that there's not illegal fishing activity taking place, and we were not seeing that activity, but it was peeling off a lot of our resources toward what I would consider a relatively benign threat, and then we're providing other resources to do exercises with the military in the remote parts of the world but with really no strategic outcome that I could discern where the Coast Guard was providing a unique capability.

For nearly 40 years, Riverkeeper has argued that Indian Point's slaughter of fish and other river life — more than 1 billion organisms a year — is illegal.

While the vaquita is the animal most critically affected by the illegal fishing nets now, the lives of many other important species are also in jeopardy from the very same nets.

Other agricultural production goods include timber, fertilizers, animal hides, leather, industrial chemicals (starch, sugar, alcohols and resins), fibers (cotton, wool, hemp, silk and flax), fuels (methane from biomass, ethanol, biodiesel), cut flowers, ornamental and nursery plants, tropical fish and birds for the pet trade, and both legal and illegal drugs (biopharmaceuticals, tobacco, marijuana, opium, cocaine).

In other marine reserves illegal fishing has been a problem, but in this case any suspicious activity has been reported to the authorities and in several cases fishing boats have been encouraged to move on by COAST members.

Consequently, a surge in illegal gillnetting has undermined Mexico's efforts to ban all commercial fishing in a vaquita refuge and to guide fishers toward other careers.

A 2008 report from NOAA estimated that 90 percent of the aquarium fish imported into the United States were captured with cyanide or other illegal methods.

provide job opportunities to tour guides and a venue for recreational activities, prohibit illegal fishing and to deter other illegal activities which may be detrimental to the health of the flora and fauna.

All other fishing, jetskis and power boats are illegal, although you can scuba dive and free dive with a permit.

In addition, inefficient, illegal, and destructive fishing practices lead to the careless deaths of other creatures essential to the ecosystem; think dolphins, marine turtles, seabirds, sharks, and corals.

Led by the French, Spanish, and Italians, joined by Turks and others, Mediterranean fishermen violated official quotas at will and engaged in an array of illegal practices: misreporting catch size, hiring banned spotter planes, catching undersized fish, and plundering tuna from North African waters where EU inspectors are refused entry.

The natural richness and potential of Oostpunt since 1993 is under huge stress due to natural deterioration, and rampant illegal practices such as spear fishing, plundering of baby conch, lobsters and the capture of sea turtles and rays, poaching of goats / sheep and donkeys, while a variety of other criminal activities savagely take place in the area, like car theft and stripping, the smuggling of drugs and people, trash dumping, etc..

In the speech, Maal — who is credited by many environmentalists with trying hard to prevent illegal fishing and other harmful activities — said the endless delays have harmed the environment and economy:

The article covers the research work of McCauley, a partner on Global Fishing Watch, a joint project between Ocean, SkyTruth, and Google, led a study in Science that outlined how this approach could mitigate overfishing, illegal fishing, and other dangers to vulnerable marine sFishing Watch, a joint project between Ocean, SkyTruth, and Google, led a study in Science that outlined how this approach could mitigate overfishing, illegal fishing, and other dangers to vulnerable marine sfishing, and other dangers to vulnerable marine species.

What's the key to combating ivory trade, illegal fishing, and other environmental crimes?

For example, you might write «A position where I can draw on my 15 years of experience in wildlife law enforcement to help the Fish & Wildlife Service develop new initiatives for curbing illegal hunting and other wildlife - related crimes.»