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Slowly the campaign is working: many islanders still balk at the notion of a return to Japanese sovereignty, but most agree that the holdouts are losing ground. Says a fisherman in Kurilsk: "We live in barbaric conditions, and our government will not help. Who would not agree to Japan's offer for a good sum of money...
...quickly spoil the catch of the day, unless it is confined without delay to temperatures close to freezing. Even under the best conditions, most fresh fish lasts only seven to 12 days. But it frequently takes as long as seven days for fish to make the journey from the fisherman's net to the supermarket, where it may sit for several more days. According to the Consumers Union, shoppers are lucky if they get the catch of the week...
...Fisherman's Platter...
...Traditional allies such as agriculture and big developers frequently find themselves at odds. Some environmental groups have aligned with cities against agricultural interests to try to break big farmers' stranglehold on water supplies. Others have joined forces with surfers to fight pollution from pulp-paper mills and with commercial fisherman to end logging practices that destroy watersheds...
...middle-aged Thomas Mainotti, who first told Salem police he didn't know anything about a missing young woman last seen boarding his boat. Then he changed his story, admitting they had sailed together, claiming that she had fallen overboard and drowned. Then he disappeared. Days later, a lobster fisherman found the woman on the ocean floor with weights tied around her waist. After a massive manhunt, Mainotti was arrested while breaking into a Maine house five miles short of the Canadian border. He denies involvement in the killing...