It's a wasteful practice that involves catching sharks just for their fins, with the animals themselves tossed overboard -- dead or dying -- so the fishing boats have room to pack in more fins.
Australian "ranchers" have now adopted a technique that involves catching young bluefins, enveloping them in a huge net and dragging it slowly round the south seas for months while feeding them pilchards imported from west Africa.If fish are to be farmed in ever greater numbers, most had better be plant-eaters.
Scoring is complex and the highest‑ value manoeuvre involves catching a human embodiment of the "snitch", who sprints around the field of play.
Android Armor Games' popular web game Flight! has made the leap onto iOS, with a casual flight-sim that involves catching shooting stars and upgrading your plane as you play.
This involves catching the sunlight icons that fall from the top of the screen, or planting sunflowers, which generate their own sunlight: a decent patch of these is necessary to really start building a strong leafy armoury.
+Weekend retreats including meals, accommodation, training and evening activities cost from $615pp, bike rental from $50 per weekend (+1 802 578 3735, singletrackmindfulness.com) Surf kayaking involves catching a wave surfer-style, while sitting in a kayak armed with a paddle.
This "absolutely horrendous" commute involves catching a train from her small local station to Leeds, where she then has four minutes to run up and down escalators and across a bridge to platform 11, where the 8.11am CrossCountry train to Sheffield departs.
Shark finning, which involves catching the animals, hacking off their fins and throwing the body back into the sea – a trade fuelled by demand for the traditional Asian dish of shark-fin soup – has led to severe declines in shark populations.
The premise of the 13-episode reboot involves catching up with the children as they lead their adult lives.
Other features include "games" – actually just one game that involves catching fruit in a basket – and background sounds that simulate various scenarios, allowing you to blame the phone's poor reception on your surroundings.
