Illustration - Economy

Illustration - Economy

FRANCE. PYRENEES ORIENTALES (66). PORT-VENDRES. FISHERMEN STORING THE FISHING NETS OF A TRAWL EQUIPPED FOR ANCHOVY FISHING. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(230812) -- ABOARD XUELONG 2, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team collect samples retrieved after a trawl operation aboard China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, Aug. 4, 2023. With the completion of a seawater sample collection operation, the main tasks of the first phase of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition have all been completed. The expedition, organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources, is intended to conduct investigations into the geology and geophysics of the mid-ocean ridge, as well as atmospheric, sea ice, marine and subsurface environmental surveys, and surveys of biomes and pollutants. (Xinhua/Wei Hongyi)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(230812) -- ABOARD XUELONG 2, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team shows a starfish retrieved after a trawl operation aboard China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, Aug. 4, 2023. With the completion of a seawater sample collection operation, the main tasks of the first phase of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition have all been completed. The expedition, organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources, is intended to conduct investigations into the geology and geophysics of the mid-ocean ridge, as well as atmospheric, sea ice, marine and subsurface environmental surveys, and surveys of biomes and pollutants. (Xinhua/Wei Hongyi)

Fishermen in Bekkai fish for Hokkai shrimp

Fishermen in Bekkai fish for Hokkai shrimp

BEKKAI, Japan - Fishermen in Bekkai, Hokkaido, trawl for Hokkai shrimp in Notsuke Bay on June 19, 2014.

Fishermen in Bekkai fish for Hokkai shrimp

Fishermen in Bekkai fish for Hokkai shrimp

BEKKAI, Japan - Fishermen in Bekkai, Hokkaido, trawl for Hokkai shrimp in Notsuke Bay on June 19, 2014. (Kyodo)