Fishermen like Ross Keus want to develop no-kill bluefin tourism, including catch-and-release charters (which are already operating) and maybe even letting tourists dive with the giants.
The police detained Mr. Liu on Dec. 8, 2008, two days before the release of Charter 08, a manifesto by Mr. Liu and 302 others calling for democracy in China.
The main organizers planned to release the charter as several important anniversaries approached: the 20th of the Tiananmen massacre and the 60th of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The authorities initiated a crackdown on pornography and other "harmful information," including shuttering a popular liberal forum, soon after the release of Charter 08, an online manifesto calling for gradual democratic reforms that gathered thousands of signatures through e-mail.
The police detained Mr. Liu, left, on Dec. 8, 2008, two days before the release of Charter 08, a manifesto by Mr. Liu and 302 others calling for democracy in China.
Utilities are critical to the island's survival, Temasek Holdings, the government's investment arm, said as it released a charter on its role in some of the nation's biggest companies.
On March 14 in Dubai — after a series of meetings with manufacturers, coaches, swimmers and legal and technological experts — FINA tacitly concurred by releasing a charter that at last began to provide some clarity to its restless constituents.
Officials said that they had always intended to release grades for charter schools, but that it had taken longer to make sure the data was complete and accurate because the schools are privately run, though publicly financed.
In 2005 the ruling party released a draft charter that would formally recognize Japan's right to maintain armed forces.
Last year, Washington, D.C., released its first charter school rankings in an effort to crack down on underperforming charter schools.
