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Ranching wild fish to rebuild marine ecosystems
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The Fish Site
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Sometimes a seemingly innocuous decision can have a life-changing impact. For Gilles Lecaillon, founder and CEO of Ecocean, that moment came 30 years ago. Then, as a marine science student at the University of Perpignan, he was searching for an...
Owner: Carsten Krome, Georg Baunach & Wayne Murphy
Jamaican campaigners launch legal action to defend local access to Montego Bay beach
JAMAICAN CAMPAIGNERS will attend court today to defend beach access rights in Montego Bay. Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (JaBBEM), the Flanker Resource Centre and neighbouring communities around the historic Providence Beach have...
Owner: Michael Toohig
Three adventures across the seas: Exploring the voyages of James Cook
History is an encyclopedia filled with the names of famous explorers. Those whose adventures sometimes make us wish we lived in their time, back when what we know today as historical wonders were new discoveries. One of these explorers was Captain...
Owner: The Kasturi Family
Chile’s Indigenous Rapa Nui Wants Its Stolen Moai Back
About 3,700 kilometers off the Chilean coast, on one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world, stand the moai of Rapa Nui. Moai refers to the large, monolithic stone statues of deified ancestors on Easter Island in Eastern Polynesia....
Owner: Atul Singh
NRL Grand Final Sends Sydney Hotel Bookings Soaring
SYDNEY - Australia’s largest hotel operator, Accor, has declared the 2025 NRL Grand Final a tourism triumph, with tens of thousands of interstate fans driving exceptional hotel occupancies and boosting the local economy. With two non-NSW teams...
Owner: Henri Roelings
Molokaʻi Hoe completes two weeks of inter-island competition this Sunday
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Maui Now - Hawaii
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Moloka’i Hoe World Championship. PC: O’ahu Canoe Racing Association The Oʻahu Canoe Racing Association (OHCRA) announces the 73rd crossing of the Kaiwi Channel, where more than 110 crews battle in the Molokaʻi Hoe World Championship canoe races,...
Owner: Paul Conway
Expenses-scandal Paris mayor tries to drag down everyone else with her
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Yahoo News - United Kingdom
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It’s been a torrid time to be a French politician. If you’re not one in a line of ousted prime ministers or being locked up for criminal conspiracy, you could now even be publicly exposed by your own mayor. In what has been dubbed “the war of the...
Owner: Apollo Global Management
Nuclear Testing Threats are Returning & Saber Rattling is Getting Louder, warns UN Chief
Armed Conflicts, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, TerraViva United Nations A nuclear test is carried out on an island in French Polynesia in 1971....
Owner: Inter Press Service (Non-profit)
10 countries with the highest life expectancy in 2025
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The Times of India
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Longevity isn’t just about luck — it’s a mix of culture, cuisine, lifestyle, and healthcare, which all come together to ensure a long and healthy life. From bustling city streets to serene island escapes, some nations have cracked the code on...
Owner: Sahu Jain Family
How to watch Rinderknech vs Vacherot: live stream Shanghai Masters final 2025 online, start time, what TV channel?
Watch Shanghai Masters 2025 live streams, as Arthur Rinderknech takes on Valentin Vacherot in a blockbuster cousin vs cousin final on Sunday, October 12. They're due on Stadium Court not before 4.30pm BST / 11.45am ET. If you put money on...
Owner: Future PLC
Share Your Questions & Concerns About Accor Plus Conversion To ALL Accor+ Explorer
The Accor Plus conversion to ALL Accor+ Explorer took place this past week, accompanied by significant changes to the benefits announced in August (read more here). I thought that it would be good to have one piece where you could share your...
Owner: Non-transparent
I joined the elite world cruise with $15m cabins – there was a real camaraderie
With cabins selling for up to $15m, this is not your ordinary cruise, but residents value the community over the many luxuries “You come for the itinerary and you stay for the community,” said Jennifer, reaching her hand out to her husband, CJ....
Owner: Jonathan Harmsworth
How to watch Australia vs New Zealand: FREE Rugby Championship 2025 streams, TV schedule, preview
The Rugby Championship 2025 has entered its final week and there is still plenty on the line for New Zealand and Australia. In what has been one of the most competitive tournaments for years, both sides know that a victory in Perth would give them...
Owner: Future PLC
OHCRA World Championships Celebrate Legacy of Hawaiian Canoe Racing
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 By News Release OHCRA News Release The Oahu Canoe Racing Association (OHCRA) announces a record-breaking year for the Nā Wāhine O Ke Kai and Molokai Hoe World Championship canoe races, presented by the Hawai’i Tourism...
Owner: Todd Yamashita & Phil Pendergraft
MSC Cruises to introduce MSC Yacht Club to MSC Magnifica in upcoming refurbishment
By Laura Hyde | 03 October 2025 MSC Cruises is to introduce its ‘ship within a ship’ experience, MSC Yacht Club, on its 3,223-guest MSC Magnifica, which will enter drydock for refurbishment in late 2025. MSC Yacht Club offers passengers...
Owner: Ingleton Family
Inside the country so beautiful you have to sign a pledge to protect it before entering
Tucked in the Western Pacific lays a country made up of more than 300 islands with pristine turquoise waters and dense jungle. Located north of Indonesia and west of the Philippines, the Republic of Palau has been at the forefront of eco-tourism...
Owner: Jonathan Harmsworth
Inside the country so beautiful you have to sign a pledge to protect it before entering
Tucked in the Western Pacific lays a country made up of more than 300 islands with pristine turquoise waters and dense jungle. Located north of Indonesia and east of the Philippines, the Republic of Palau has been at the forefront of eco-tourism...
Owner: Jonathan Harmsworth
Beyond Fiji: Cruise ships branch out to new Pacific destinations
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Pacific urged to strengthen unity in safeguarding the ocean
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Director General of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP), Noan Pakop, has called on Pacific nations for collective action to protect the region’s ocean, describing it as both “our identity and our...
Owner: Loji Family
Crew spend their whole careers trying to come ashore … why I went the other way
“The Purser? Isn’t that just for big yachts? Usually a girl, right? Basically the chief stew or the captain’s PA? Doesn’t she just book crew flights? She’s interior crew … isn’t she?” I’ve heard these assumptions more times than I can count, both...
Owner: Martin Redmayne