Pirates Hijack Kenyan-Flagged Fishing Vessel

NAIROBI -- Agencies reported on Tuesday that Somali pirates have hijacked a Kenyan-flagged fishing ship off the Somali coast.

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Toxic Waste Behind Somali Pirates + videos

In 1991, when the government of Somalia collapsed, foreign interests seized the opportunity to begin looting the country’s food supply and using the country’s unguarded waters as a dumping ground for nuclear and other toxic waste. According to the High Seas Task Force (HSTF), there were over 800 IUU fishing vessels in Somali waters at one time in 2

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Somali pirates release Thai fishing vessel with Russians

A Thai fishing vessel with a crew, including 23 Russians, is now on its way to the Seychelles, after being released by Somali pirates on Sunday. The "Thai Union-3" was seized last October and the sailors spent more than 4 months in captivity. There have been reports a ransom of $3 million was paid to release them.

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French warship team destroys pirate boats - CNN.com

Twenty-eight suspected pirates were taken into custody Friday by the European Union Naval Force after a handful of failed attacks on fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean, the EU mission said.

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6 Missing as Chinese Vessel Capsizes in Waters Off S. Korea

SEOUL -- The Coast Guard was quoted by Seoul's Yonhap News Agency as saying that six people went missing after a Chinese fishing vessel capsized on Saturday in waters off South Korea's southern island of Jeju.

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Fishing Boat Plans - How to Build Your Own Fishing Boat

A recent survey showed that people prefer building boats on their own because it's fun and equally rewarding to build something you know will last you for years to come.If you love to fish, you can build your own elite fishing vessel with the fishing boat plans.

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JapaneseCultureGoNow! Shikinejima: Flying Fish Island

Just a three hour jet-ferry ride from Tokyo is an island called Shikinejima. Jima means island in Japanese, and Shikinejima is your basic garden variety jima, even if your first impression, upon approaching (with flying fish spiraling about the vessel in deceptively calm seas), is that it resembles Skull Island from King Kong.

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