Spanish purse seiningTimelineThe Spanish tuna purse seine freezer fleet targeting tropical tuna in the Indian Ocean is one of the most important fleets in the world. The present study firstly describes the history and evolution of this fishery (including its current status, following the economic ...
Lee said that nine countries out of the 10-member ASEAN are maritime nations and ocean trade with China is vital for the develop- ment of ASEAN members. China and the ASEAN coun- tries have labeled the past 10 years the "Golden Decade" for their relations and have coined the term "...
It all began when I saw the stock market doing its usual rollercoaster act—one day soaring, the next plummeting like an anchor. The sheer unpredictability made me want to scream (or at least toss my phone into the ocean). I needed a hedge, something rock-solid. Enter gold. Gold has b...
In what could be a major boost to technologically-empowered wildlife surveillance and research in India, plans are afoot to introduce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones in 10 biodiversity-rich sites across India by January 2015. See it on Scoop.it, viaDrones, Quadcopters & UAV’s...
Indian Ocean - Trade Winds, Climate, Monsoons: The second zone, that of the trade winds, lies between 10° and 30° S. There, steady southeasterly trade winds prevail throughout the year and are strongest between June and September. Cyclones also occur e
Indian Ocean - Trade, Fisheries, Shipping: By far the most valuable mineral resource is petroleum, and the Persian Gulf is the largest oil-producing region in the world. Exploration for offshore petroleum and natural gas also has been under way in the Ar
Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 was a deadly tsunami that hit the coasts of several countries of South and Southeast Asia and caused immense destruction.
Maldives - Indian Ocean, Atolls, Monsoon: The archipelago was inhabited as early as the 5th century bce by Buddhist peoples, probably from Sri Lanka and southern India. According to tradition, Islam was adopted in 1153 ce. Ibn Baṭṭūṭah, a notab
Port Louis, city, capital, and main port of the island of Mauritius in the western Indian Ocean. It lies between a well-sheltered, deepwater harbor, accessible to ships through a break in the coral reef, and a semicircle of mountains.
TheKuroshio, aPacific Oceancurrent, warms the region; temperatures are rarely hot and seldom drop below freezing. The offshore current alsodelugesthe region with rain; although it falls rather unevenly across the region, annual precipitation averages more than 160 inches (4,060 mm) in many are...