The equipment and craft used in recreational wild-water pursuits are essentially the same as that used in competitions: durable covered canoes or kayaks with easy access and egress for the rider.
Several small salmon vaulted out of the water in pursuit of it, but none were hooked.
They are adept at plunge-diving, barreling headfirst into the water in pursuit of small live fish, which they capture in their beaks.
Motoring slowly across Long Island Sound, about an hour out of Niantic, Conn., the fishing boat comes upon hundreds of birds, diving headlong into the water in pursuit of small fish.
Before my son, Jeff, and I reached the beach, we could see striped bass rolling on the surface, sometimes lunging half out of water in pursuit of their prey.
On a camping and kayaking trip in Alaska a few years ago, Ms. Thomas, an Episcopal minister, described the icebergs and cliffs as they paddled past, but Ms. Lopes could hear the bald eagle as it skimmed the water in pursuit of a fish and the sound of a whale breaching was unmistakable.
On one occasion, a crocodile shark off Cape Point, South Africa, jumped out of the water in pursuit of bait.
This year, a number of star young players are navigating uncharted waters in pursuit of the N.B.A. finals.
The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution last week that allows navies to breach the 12-mile territorial limit to enter Somali waters in pursuit of pirates.
GEOS typically protects its clients' ships with help from a Nigerian police boat or small navy gunship.The UN Security Council has authorised naval ships to enter Somali waters in pursuit of pirates.
