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China: Trapped Black-Faced Spoonbill Freed From Fishing Line in Lushan

On December 13, 2025, in Lushan, Jiangxi, a video captured a black faced spoonbill whose beak and wings had been tightly tangled in a fishing line. The bird thrashed in the shallow water, clearly exhausted and unable to free itself. Two anglers approached slowly and patiently worked to loosen the thin but stubborn line from its beak and feathers. After several moments of careful handling, the line was finally removed and the spoonbill was no longer restrained.

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China: Octopus Clings to Phone After Being Caught by Fisher in Fuzhou

In Fuzhou, Fujian, a video captured a man fishing when he unexpectedly caught an octopus with a phone stuck to one of its tentacles on September 28. The octopus refused to let go, wrapping its arms tightly around the device as if claiming it as its own.

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Front-line Orikhiv in southeastern Ukraine

ORIKHIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 12, 2025 - A man catches fish on the icebound river in winter in front-line Orikhiv, Polohy district, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.(Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Front-line Orikhiv in southeastern Ukraine

ORIKHIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 12, 2025 - A man catches fish on the icebound river in winter in front-line Orikhiv, Polohy district, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.(Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Front-line Orikhiv in southeastern Ukraine

ORIKHIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 12, 2025 - A man catches fish on the icebound river in winter in front-line Orikhiv, Polohy district, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.(Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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Front-line Orikhiv in southeastern Ukraine

ORIKHIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 12, 2025 - A man catches fish on the icebound river in winter in front-line Orikhiv, Polohy district, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.(Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU PORT-LAND-SEA TRADE-TRANSFORMATION (CN)

(231012) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 9, 2023 shows container vessels waiting in line to unload at the Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Started as a small fishing village in 1992, the Qinzhou Port of south China's Guangxi has been constructed into a modern international pivotal hub along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor after 30 years of development. An automated container terminal for sea-rail intermodal services has been constructed in Qinzhou Port, along with the industrial cluster thriving at the Qinzhou Port section of China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone. At present, Qinzhou Port has realized the daily operation of container trains and kept its connection with the China-Europe freight trains. It has opened more than 60 domestic and foreign container routes, which cover 61 cities in China and reach 393 ports in 119 countries and regions around the world, for the transportation of over 940 kinds of goods. (Xin

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Crowd gathers for tuna-filleting show in northern Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A large crowd of people watch a show to fillet a huge tuna during a "maguro" (tuna) festival on Oct. 25, 2014, in Oma, a town in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, known for its traditional pole-and-line fishing.

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Tuna-filleting show held as part of festival in north Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A huge tuna is filleted during a "maguro" (tuna) festival on Oct. 25, 2014, in Oma, a town in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, known for its traditional pole-and-line fishing.

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Fishermen on 100 boats protest over Isahaya Bay dike project

ISAHAYA, Japan - Fishermen line up about 100 fishing boats in waters off Isahaya, Nagasakai Prefecture on Jan. 7, 2010, to protest over the government's project to fill the Isahaya Bay dike. The fishermen say the project has damaged the seawater environment in the area and their fishery businesses.

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Fishermen on 100 boats protest over Isahaya Bay dike project

ISAHAYA, Japan - Fishermen line up about 100 fishing boats in waters off Isahaya, Nagasakai Prefecture on Jan. 7, 2010, to protest over the government's project to fill the Isahaya Bay dike. The fishermen say the project has damaged the seawater environment in the area and their fishery businesses.

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NAMIBIA-MARINE ANIMALS-PROTECTION

(221030) -- SWAKOPMUND, Oct. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Cape Fur Seal entangled in fishing line rests on the shore in Walvis Bay, Namibia, on Dec. 4, 2020. TO GO WITH "Oceans Conservation Namibia boosts awareness on marine animals protection" (Ocean Conservation Namibia/Handout via Xinhua)

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New Zealand GDP decreases 0.2 pct in Q1

STORY: New Zealand GDP decreases 0.2 pct in Q1 DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets 2. various of port 3. various of production line of milk 4. various of supermarket STORYLINE: New Zealand GDP fell 0.2 percent in the March quarter, following a rise of 3 percent in the December 2021 quarter, the statistics department Stats NZ said on Thursday. Primary industries drove the decrease in GDP, down 1.2 percent in the quarter. Goods-producing industries also experienced a slight decline, down 0.1 percent, Stats NZ said. "We saw lower output in the food, beverage, and tobacco manufacturing sub-industry; and the agriculture, forestry, and fishing industry," national accounts industry and production senior manager Ruvani Ratnayake said in a statement. "These declines corresponded to falls in related exports categories, including dairy products; meat products; agriculture and fishing products; and other food, beverage and tobacco products,

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Traditional sweetfish fishing in Japan

A fisherman drops a line from a rocky cliff into an 8-meter-high waterfall in Kozagawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 16, 2022, to catch ayu sweetfish swimming up the Kogawa River with a traditional fishing technique that uses only hooks and sinkers without bait.

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Around the border

The Soviet-Japanese agreement allows us to fish in the Habomai Islands. In the Lee Line, we fished under the fear of capture. In Okinawa, there is an island inside a base. 　 Habomai Islands on the Nemuro Peninsula at the eastern end of Hokkaido, fishing boats departing, fishing boats entering Soviet waters, Soviet surveillance boat (June 22, 1962), family left behind after being captured, boats returning from fishing, drying kelp, fishing grounds on the Li Line, fishing, landing large quantities of fish, U.S. base in Okinawa, farming U.S. base in Okinawa, farming, sugar cane production, drought, people tilling the soil, miscellaneous street vendors, Naha's Kokusai Street, show windows, women dancing traditional dances, foreigners walking along Kokusai Street, children playing in the sea. Date of shooting unknown, release date: August 16, 1963.

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Fishermen on 100 boats protest over Isahaya Bay dike project

ISAHAYA, Japan - Fishermen line up about 100 fishing boats in waters off Isahaya, Nagasakai Prefecture on Jan. 7, 2010, to protest over the government's project to fill the Isahaya Bay dike. The fishermen say the project has damaged the seawater environment in the area and their fishery businesses. (Kyodo)

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The entrance to Yumoto Spa

This is around the bridge to the Old Hakone Toursit Hall after crossing Asahi Bridge which was moved in 1893. Two men with fishing gear, five women with yukata summer kimono, and three more people next to the electric pole, are visible on the car street from Tonosawa to Miyanoshita opened I 1887. The power line opened in 1892 and the line and the electric poles can be seen.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐22‐0]

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Hozu River

A boat drifts on a gentle river with relatively few rocks showing on the surface of the water. The helmsman holds his pole sitting, the man in the center holds an umbrella, and the person at the bow holds a fishing rod. Poles line the bank of the river, and mountains rise sharply nearby.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐11‐0]

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Fishermen on 100 boats protest over Isahaya Bay dike project

ISAHAYA, Japan - Fishermen line up about 100 fishing boats in waters off Isahaya, Nagasakai Prefecture on Jan. 7, 2010, to protest over the government's project to fill the Isahaya Bay dike. The fishermen say the project has damaged the seawater environment in the area and their fishery businesses. (Kyodo)

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MOGI

This is a view of the Mogi coast and the houses of Muramoto-go in Mogi Village. The photograph was taken from near the beach close to Tateiwa and captures the area of present day Mogi-chuo and Kata-machi. The mountain in the background is Mogi and Mt. Tohakkei is behind it. The mountain on the right lead to Kitaura. The waterfront facing Tachibana Bay is used today as a harbor for coastal fishing boats, and seafood restaurants line the waterfront.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number114‐7‐0]

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N. and S. Korea

Photo taken from the island of Yeonpyeongdo on May 6, 2018, shows Chinese fishing boats operating in waters near the Northern Limit Line, with an uninhabited island belonging to North Korea seen in the distance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo