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Turkish tuna fishermen ram Greenpeace ship (take notes)
MSNBC ^
| 5/30/2008
| AP
Posted on 05/30/2008 7:18:19 PM PDT by tobyhill
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish tuna fishermen rammed their boat into a Greenpeace ship Friday and pelted it with lead fishing weights, the environmental group said. No one was injured.
The fishing vessel was among several that swarmed the Arctic Sunrise, which was carrying activists campaigning against overfishing in the Mediterranean. The boat rammed the Greenpeace ship at high speed, said Yesim Aslan, a spokeswoman for the group.
The barrage of lead weights damaged a helicopter that the activists had used earlier in the day to document the vessels' activities, Aslan said.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arcticsunrise; coastalenvironment; environment; environozis; fishing; greenpeace; sodoffswampy; turkey
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To: Strategerist
Bluefin tuna are being gobbled up (at huge tulipmania markups) for some popular sushi dish in Japan, and rapidly pushed toward extinction. Of course, it’s not likely that these Turks had just started fishing for tuna yesterday, iow, that this particular fad resulted in thousands of new fishing boats on the Med. :’)
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posted on
05/30/2008 8:26:22 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
To: ASA Vet
WOW! Is that real or photoshopped? If real, I had no idea Turkey women were that lovely or allowed to show that much skin.
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posted on
05/30/2008 8:38:20 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
((Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud))
To: Vigilanteman
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posted on
05/30/2008 8:48:45 PM PDT
by
sleddogs
To: Paleo Conservative
Too bad the lead wasnt flying at supersonic speeds.
A good slingshot would have made those lead weights lethal. Maybe these fishermen need to start carrying wrist rockets as a normal part of their kit.
I've hunted small game with a Marksman 3040 shooting .50 caliber lead balls and wouldn't hesitate to use it on a man if necessary. And I'd feel confident I could put him down with a well placed shot to the head.
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posted on
05/30/2008 8:51:50 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
To: Vigilanteman
Turkey is a secular nation. Most of the Turks I know don’t really care too much about Muslims or Islam in general. Yes, some of the chicks are really hot. I would definitely like to go back there if I ever get a chance.
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posted on
05/30/2008 8:53:39 PM PDT
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: tobyhill
Greenpeace representative Karli Thomas said. "But the real problem here is being caused by the refusal of governments to take action to regulate a fishery that's fishing itself to death."Nonsense. Fisherman don't kill their own trade.
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posted on
05/30/2008 8:57:45 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
To: Strategerist
the waters are vast and plentiful... when the fishing is difficult, fewer will fish and the fish will rebound... it is all cyclical and part of nature... fish away.
teeman
just like the warming models... the area of study is too large for the calculations of tuna running out...
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posted on
05/30/2008 8:59:59 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
To: sleddogs
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posted on
05/30/2008 9:03:40 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Nothing is better than a young, nubile, little Asian Girlie.)
To: ASA Vet
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posted on
05/30/2008 9:12:25 PM PDT
by
sleddogs
To: tbw2
How did the Turks help in the Korean war?They distinguished themselves on the field of battle (which is more than can be said for some of the American units.)
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posted on
05/30/2008 9:19:13 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Grizzled Bear
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posted on
05/30/2008 9:24:56 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: TigersEye
Fisherman don't kill their own trade. Unfortunately they do. They might change from one species to another, but overfishing is a problem. While some fishermen might self regulate, others are out to for the quick profit without long term consideraion for the trade.
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posted on
05/30/2008 9:29:24 PM PDT
by
kaboom
To: tbw2
Let’s just say that when it came to the enemy, the Turks didn’t play nice. (at least that’s what I’ve heard from some KW vets)
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posted on
05/30/2008 9:38:06 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(Fighting democrats IS the war on terror!)
To: kaboom
That’s what happened with cod and striped bass along the East Coast of the USA for awhile. I think sport fishermen were influential in reducing the commercial fishing season and the size of the fishing boats’ catch.
I’m not certain whether their numbers have recovered but I do know swordfish and Patagonia toothfish (AKA Chilean sea bass, which is really not a bass) numbers were also hit hard by their popularity as restaurant fare.
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posted on
05/30/2008 9:45:10 PM PDT
by
12Gauge687
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
To: tobyhill
Shame on those Turks for throwing lead weights! A California Condor could have eaten some and died!
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posted on
05/30/2008 10:33:51 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Ted Kennedy is the finest collection of hops and barley money can buy)
To: tobyhill
Were the “lead fishing weights” discharged from shotguns, by any chance?
LOL!
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posted on
05/30/2008 10:38:04 PM PDT
by
Redbob
(WWJBD - "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
To: NewHampshireDuo
Too bad the Turks didn’t throw feces. After all, that’s what the tree-huggers are full of.
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posted on
05/30/2008 10:45:42 PM PDT
by
pankot
To: kaboom
How long have the Turks been fishing tuna?
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posted on
05/30/2008 10:50:41 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
To: ASA Vet
I wouldn't mind basting that turkey.
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posted on
05/30/2008 10:55:27 PM PDT
by
Nachoman
(My guns and my ammo, they comfort me.)
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
05/30/2008 11:02:16 PM PDT
by
bobbyd
(Flyer, I love and miss you...Lords best my FRiend)
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