Fishing with explosives has been widespread in Southeast Asia, where a huge beach tourism industry has also brought damage to fragile coral reefs.
Exporters also felt squeezed because collection sites have been reduced as the beach tourism industry has expanded on Bali.
In 1989 Kodiak's beaches and fishing industry were seriously damaged when the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground, causing a massive oil spill in Prince William Sound, northeast of the island.
[World Business, Section W.] Spain Looks to Sell More Than Sun With hotels reporting some 40percentt of their rooms unoccupied this season, and many rooms empty even in the hotels that line Spain's fabled beaches, government and industry officials say it is time to scrap the recipe that has built the country into the world's most popular tourist destination after France.
Because of its reef and extensive beaches, the snorkeling industry is gaining in popularity in Msambweni, and holiday cottages and hotels have sprung up in the area, such as the Msambweni Beach House.
NEW YORK -- An island paradise known foremost for its picturesque beaches and tourism industry captured international headlines last February when the unexpected resignation of its president appeared to show the country's nascent democracy slipping back toward dictatorship.
Running a car company requires an entirely different set of skills, which may explain why the bean-counters who have run GM, Chrysler and Ford the past 30 years haven't done a good job; in fact, they've beached their own industry and endangered the world economy and the jobs of millions of Americans and more worldwide.
As well as the chance to soak up the sun around a pool overlooking Santa Monica beach, its ramped-up industry conversations and panels are proving a huge draw.
Financial shenanigans are not the sole province of the banking industry.Newport Beach is also the home of Pimco, the biggest bond manager in the world, which handles $840 billion on behalf of pension funds, universities and other clients.
If you want to head to a nearby beach like the secluded Industry Bay, which has choppier water than the beaches on the Port Elizabeth side of the island, the staff at the Firefly will be happy to fix you a picnic lunch, complete with papayas, bananas and a green salad all with ingredients grown right on the plantation.
Awareness about the dangers of sun damage rose, the need to maximise the surface area of tanned skin fell away, and a whole new industry of "beach fashion" – cover-ups, tummy chains, gold tattoos – grew to fill a space once occupied by the need to get brown.
