• Taiwanese fisherman head for disputed waters

    Wally Santana / AP

    A fisherman raises a Taiwanese national flag as several dozen fishing boats set out from the Suao harbor, northeastern Taiwan, to the disputed islands in the East China Sea, Monday, Sept. 24. The islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are controlled by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, and have been a key part of simmering regional tensions over rival territorial claims.

    Wally Santana / AP

    Several dozen fishing boats flying Taiwan national flags set out from the Suao harbor, northeastern Taiwan, to the disputed islands in the East China Sea, Monday, Sept. 24.

    Pichi Chuang / Reuters

    Several dozen fishing boats set off to the disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan, Diaoyutai in China and Tiaoyutai in Taiwan, from Suao port in Ilan County, northeastern Taiwan, Sept. 24.

    A group of fishermen aboard as many as 100 boats escorted by 10 Taiwan Coast Guard vessels headed for the disputed islands in the East China Sea. Hoisting Taiwanese flags and armed with crates of eggs, they are concerned about losing valuable fishing grounds as the dispute over the contested islands continues. More from the Financial Times.

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  • Portuguese fishermen use tractor to pull fish from the sea

    Francisco Seco / AP

    Portuguese fishermen separate the fish into boxes Monday, Aug. 29, in Caparica coast, near Lisbon. Along side the coast, fishermen use the common technique of trawling near the shore and pulling the nets out of the sea onto the beach by using an agricultural tractor.

    Francisco Seco / AP

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  • Mohammed Dabbous / Reuters

    A fisherman carries a swordfish to the local fish market in Aden, Yemen on Tuesday, Nov. 23.

    Catch of the day: Carrying swordfish to market in Yemen

    Recently on Photoblog, another photographer--freelance photjournalist Karim ben Khelifa--described Yemen as a "complicated puzzle." We also have a slideshow of 20 pictures of Khelifa's from Yemen, viewable here.