ONCE A THRIVING CENTER of Chinese shrimp fishing, China Camp in present day San Rafael is remembered for its role in the Bay Area’s maritime economy and the community that sustained it. In the late 19th century, Point San Pedro became a seasonal fishing village populated largely by immigrants from the Kwantung province of China….
For migrant workers trapped onboard Chinese distant water fishing fleets, cutting the fins off sharks as they writhe violently on rusted decks in the Indian Ocean isn’t accidental. It’s an intentional and lucrative act that marks the start of a bloody half-a-billion-dollar offshore supply chain, tacitly supported by Beijing yet covertly concealed from port inspectors…
China has drafted a law on Antarctic affairs, as Beijing looks to protect its interests and strengthen its role in the governance of the southernmost continent. The draft “Antarctic Activities and Environmental Protection Law” was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the country’s top legislature, on Monday for the first review,…
Source: Halpern, et. al., Science (2025) By Delger Erdenesanaa Graphics by Mira Rojanasakul; Photographs and Video by Madeline Gray This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. Sept. 4, 2025 Working from a dock on St. Helena Island, S.C., on a sweltering day this summer, Ed Atkins pulled in a…
LONDON — British Foreign Secretary David Lammy went fishing with U.S. Vice President JD Vance earlier this month and the closest thing he came to catching was a whopping fine. Lammy was given a written warning for fishing without a license, an Environment Agency spokesperson said Friday. As far as breaking the law goes, it was pretty…
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s foreign minister David Lammy could be on the hook for a 2,500 pounds ($3,394) fine following his fishing trip last week with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, after admitting he didn’t have the required licence. Vance and Lammy were pictured by invited media as they fished in the lake at the foreign…
Hong Kong police are searching for a man suspected of pushing a nine-year-old boy into the sea while the child was fishing with his mother in Hung Hom. The boy was fishing on a staircase along King Wan Street near Hoi Sham Park when the incident occurred at around 5.40pm on Saturday, police said. The…