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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis revealed on Wednesday that she would not rule out subpoenaing former President Donald Trump in her office’s investigation into 2020 election meddling in Georgia, NBC News reported on Wednesday. Willis also told NBC that she expects to issue additional subpoenas to other allies to the former president. “We’ll just…

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C) legal team on Wednesday said he will challenge the subpoena from Fulton County, Ga., investigators probing former President Trump’s interference in the 2020 election in the county, calling the investigation “all politics” and a “fishing expedition.” Atorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin said in a statement their client was “neither a…

By Michelle Jenkins From The Idaho Statesman Boise—It’s definitely that time of year to get outside — well, maybe once it’s not 100 degrees — whether it’s fishing, water skiing, hiking the Boise Foothills or biking the Greenbelt. Recreational activities are a pretty big deal around here. Idaho has around 1,400 trails, according to alltrails.com.…

Fuel prices have been rising since 2021, but this trend has been accelerated by the war in Ukraine and the associated sanctions against Russia and Belarus. The fishing industry is highly dependent on fuel for its vessels, but the effects vary according to type. More than 80% of large beam and twin trawlers need significantly…

With sockeye salmon returning to the Columbia River in numbers well above the preseason forecast, fishery managers announced Thursday that sockeye fishing will open from the Astoria-Megler Bridge on the lower river to the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco, and daily limits increase from there to Chief Joseph Dam near Bridgeport on the upper river.…

Depleting the ocean’s bounty. July 1, 2022

US President Joe Biden issued a major memo this week to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and associated labor abuses. The national security memorandum — which coincides with the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal — calls for a cross-agency approach to tackle IUU fishing, forced labor, and other human rights abuses…

A farming and fishing community, Agorogbene, Sagbama LGA of Bayelsa State, has written an open letter to the governor of the state,  Duoye Diri, over what he described as continuous neglect of the area. Copies of the letter were also sent to the Senator representing Bayelsa West and former governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake…

On March 23 about 13 Indian fishermen from Rameswaram were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for fishing in their waters. IANS India Published: Friday, 08 April 2022 Last updated: 08 April 2022, 01:57 PM IST Photo: IANS/Representative Image OnlySri Lankan Court Fixes Rs 2 Cr Bail Amount For Release Of Indian Fishermen Indian fishermen…

China’s distant water fleet — by far the world’s largest — is rife with human rights abuses and illegal fishing, and targets endangered and protected marine life across the world’s oceans, according to a new report released by the Environmental Justice Foundation. In the most comprehensive analysis of the fleet to date, EJF shows that…