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Japanese Coast Guard releases video showing operations cracking down on illegal coral fishing, suspected to be done mostly by Chinese ships. Yiming Woo reports.
A Philippine government task force accuses the China Coast Guard of "provacative and irresponsible actions" near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, referring to two collision Sunday with Philippine boats on a resupply mission to Filipino troops. SOUNDBITE
President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States would defend Taiwan militarily if Beijing invaded the self-ruled island. "That's the commitment we made," he said when asked if the US would intervene militarily against a Chinese attempt to forcibly take control of Taiwan. "We agreed with the One China policy, we signed on to it... but the idea that it can be taken by force is just not appropriate". SOUNDBITE
Aceh, Mar 18 (EFE/EPA).- The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia destroyed Thursday two illegal fishing boats from Malaysia, off the coast of Banda Aceh.Indonesia has destroyed illegal foreign fishing boats across the country as part of an ongoing push to stop illegal fishing in its waters. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK)SHOT LIST: DESTRUCTION OF TWO ILLEGAL FOREIGN FISHING BOATS OFF THE COAST OF BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
Istanbul, 25 Nov (EFE), (Camera: Erdem Sahin / Ilya U. Topper).- "Fifteen centimeters, very good, very good". The inspector returns a pair of jack mackerel to the ship's crate and bends over to check if another of the silvery fish that flopped onto the deck under the glare of a spotlight is also big enough to go to market. It is nearly midnight on the Bosphorus.Ahmet Yavuz has been with the Coast Guard for two decades, and has spent the last four years on fishing patrols, so he knows the regulatory sizes by heart. "Anchovy, nine centimeters. Horse mackerel and red mullet, thirteen centimeters. Bonito, 25", using a sort of of tin spade with a measuring ruler marked into it on which he places each fish."Our work is fundamental, because if the species are caught before they reach maturity and can spawn, they will become extinct," the inspector says while he throws overboard some "little fish" that have slipped through the net.If there are only a few specimens that don’t comply with the regulations, the boat in question will escape a fine."They can have up to 15 percent of ‘trash’ fish, that is, fish below the regulation size or species different from the one being sought," says Yavuz, while he is careful not to cause a moray eel to snake through the jack mackerel. "If it is more, we confiscate the catch and impose a fine.FOOTAGE OF THE TURKISH COAST GUARD.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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