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Empty Nets as Tide Turns on Asia`s Fishermen
May 14, 2007 — By Jalil Hamid, Reuters KUALA MUDA, Malaysia -- The old adage `there are plenty more fish in the sea` no longer rings true for Malaysian fisherman Shafie Said. "These days, we have to go farther offshore and into deeper waters to fish," said Shafie, aged 39, his face weather beaten after 16 years sailing tropical waters in the Andaman Sea, off the coast of northwest Malaysia. "Sometimes we return empty handed," Shafie said sadly. It is a story told across Asia by millions of fishe...
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Scientists Work on Encyclopedia of Life
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a whale-sized project, the world`s scientists plan to compile everything they know about all of Earth`s 1.8 million known species and put it all on one Web site, open to everyone." http://www.eol.org/...
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Aqua-Trek Fiji oins the Shortlist of Finalists in
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2007 – AQUA-TREK FIJI joins the Shortlist of Finalists showcasing World’s Leading Examples of Best Practice in Travel & Tourism The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) of London announced the finalists for the 2007 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards and Aqua-Trek, a scuba diving company in the Fiji Islands, is one of 3 Awards Finalists chosen for the Conservation category. Tourism businesses from all over the world applied for these prestigious Awards, which represent the ...
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