An anthropologist recounts how a small island nation built and deployed its first satellite—and what their effort says about ...

When Billy Collins and his whānau headed out off the Kaikōura coast hoping to catch tuna, they were not expecting to return home with a 67 kilogram striped marlin. They are among several fishermen ...

MICHAEL SHEPHERD For The Press Jan 13, 2025 Jan 13, 2025 0 Fishing reports have been few here in mid-January, but those describe some life offshore and in the rivers and streams. John Nigro ...

Fishing opportunities abound at Blue River. From November through mid-March, Blue River is a designated trout area, and is stocked with rainbows approximately every two weeks. Summer stockings include ...

Mauritius' immense blue economy potential was at the forefront of discussions that the Minister of Agro-Industry, Food Security, Blue Economy and Fisheries, Dr Arvin Boolell, had with a delegation of ...

Luquin. Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their long-running dispute over the Chagos Archipelago in the central ...

The UK must hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, even if Donald Trump scuttles the current proposed agreement, the Mauritian prime minister has said. Navin Ramgoolam has demanded that deal ...

Michael Shepherd is the retired sports editor of The Press. His column appears Mondays online and Tuesdays in print.

For the black marlin, speed defines its role both as predator and prey. Atlantic white marlin big game sport fishing over blue ocean saltwater. Image via Depositphotos The black marlin’s streamlined ...

PORT LOUIS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has questioned the duration of the lease on a U.S.-British military base, he told a local newspaper, a contentious element ...

Late season also sees some nice blue marlin turning up as well. By the end of November, the fishing had slowed right down and even the wide grounds off the Bank were only producing the odd black and a ...

“We did it! Orbital. Great night for Team Blue,” David Limp, the CEO of Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin posted on X, after the Jan. 14 maiden launch of the company’s New Glenn rocket ended with ...