Fishing Vessel

1 Aug 2012

After a run-in with North Koreans in May, Sun Caihui, the owner of a trawler business in Dalian, in Liaoning province, wanted rid of his four boats. Now, emboldened by his nation's government, he...

Fiery dragons on the water

20 Jun 2012

This Saturday is the Dragon Boat Festival. Rowers will take to flamboyant dragon boats to show off the rewards of their hard work over the past few weeks - and months.

Swift action needed to end trawling in HK's waters and let ecosystems recover

18 May 2011

I have a very good friend who I understand is one of the few Westerners in Hong Kong to have been invited out overnight on a fishing vessel trawling in inshore waters.

This he...

Inquiry after skipper runs into bridge

24 May 2006

Marine police are investigating a ship's master for alleged negligence after a fishing boat slammed into rocks at the base of a Tsing Ma Bridge pillar yesterday.

Poaching of sharks out of control, Canberra told

26 Sep 2005

The poaching of sharks by crews on Indonesian fishing boats has reached a crisis point in Australian waters and the government is ill-prepared to cope, say fishermen.

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Fishing moratorium may be abandoned

The proposed summer fishing moratorium might be abandoned to win support from fishermen for a licensing system.

The possibility was raised amid mixed reaction by fishing groups to...

Boat crews held after harbour cable stolen

Twelve people on board three fishing boats were arrested by marine police early yesterday for allegedly pulling up 275 metres of communication cable from the bottom of Victoria Harbour.

Crewman's escape bid triggers sea, air search

A mainland crewman triggered a four-hour air-and-sea search off Sai Kung yesterday when he dived into the sea from a fishing boat to escape arrest.

Search for fisherman halted

A search for a missing fisherman was temporarily called off after low visibility halted a helicopter search. The man was one of five crew on board a mainland fishing vessel that collided with a...

Boat anchor cut cable, mainland says

Updated at 3.03pm:
China's telecommunications department said a fishing boat accidentally severed the undersea Internet cable fixed this week after a 10-day break.

Boat worker dies following accident

Updated at 4.09pm:
A mainland-born worker has died following an accident on a boat off Po Toi island, police said on Tuesday.

The 38-year-old man, surnamed Choi, worked on a 24-...