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I'm A Celebrity's Maura Higgins reveals the heartbreaking reason she was like an 'angry bull in a china shop' during her Love Island stintFIJI has one of the highest recorded rates of violence against women and girls, says Pacific Communities Principal Strategic Lead for Women and Girls, Mereseini Rakuita. She said statistics highlighted the severity of the issue. “Three of five women in the country suffer domestic violence,” she said. While speaking at the Fiji Women’s Criss Centre Office in Labasa yesterday, she said domestic violence among women in society was so common that it had become a norm. “This is deeply rooted in gender inequality, and we must address the underlying patriarchal systems that continue to perpetuate these harmful behaviours.” Ms Rakuita said efforts to combat violence against women and girls in Fiji must focus on dismantling these societal structures. “The key to ending violence is addressing gender inequality. “We must look at how power is structured, particularly through government systems, culture, religion, and the role of men in society.” She said real change would only happen if both men and women worked together to eliminate violence and create more equitable communities. “If we are serious about ending impunity, we need to mobilise as a nation. “We must harness the power of our social pillars such as government, culture, religion, and men to become leaders and advocates for gender equality.” The 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women event started yesterday and will end on December 10.25 Kitchen Products So Good, Reviewers Bought Them For Their Friends And Family

ORONO, Maine (AP) — Christopher Mantis helped lead Maine past Holy Cross on Sunday with 17 points off of the bench in an 80-55 win. Mantis had five rebounds for the Black Bears (3-3). Quion Burns scored 16 points and added eight rebounds. AJ Lopez went 6 of 13 from the field (2 for 6 from 3-point range) to finish with 14 points. The Crusaders (4-3) were led in scoring by DeAndre Williams, who finished with 12 points. Joe Nugent added 11 points for Holy Cross. Caleb Kenney had 10 points. Maine took the lead with 11:42 left in the first half and did not relinquish it. The score was 35-26 at halftime, with Burns racking up nine points. Maine pulled away with a 19-3 run in the second half to extend a seven-point lead to 23 points. They outscored Holy Cross by 16 points in the final half, as Lopez led the way with a team-high 12 second-half points. NEXT UP Both teams play on Friday. Maine squares off against Elon and Holy Cross travels to play Virginia. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

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The Southwestern Oregon Community College men’s basketball team won its first four games, all with over 100 points. The Lakers finished the season-opening tournament at Treasure Valley with a 103-71 win over the host schools. Six Lakers scored in double figures in the win, with Colby Whicker leading the way with 19. Jett Lundberg had 17, Kam DuPaix 14, Kelby Jessen 13, Connor Wilson 12 and Kaison Herrmann 11. Jessen also had 13 rebounds in the win. SWOCC won its home opener against the Simpson University JV team, 109-63. In that win, seven Lakers scored in double figures, with DuPaix scoring 19 points, Whicker 17, Jessen 14, Julius Adlawan 13 and Cole Roberts, Quinton Christman and Wilson 10 each. The Lakers were at the Corban University Gold squad on Sunday (the score was not available) and this week head to the Red Devil Classic at Lower Columbia, starting against Everett on Friday. The Lakers lost their last game at the Titan Classic in Eugene and then their first two games in the Clackamas Pre-Thanksgiving Invitational. The score was not available for third game, against Bellevue. Treasure Valley beat the Lakers 108-54. Bree Turner had 21 points, Raegan Bruner 16 and Kaydence Apkaw 11 for the Lakers in the loss. At the Clackamas tournament, the host Cougars topped the Lakers 88-45. Turner had 12 points and Kali Hibbert nine for SWOCC in the loss. Traditional power Umpqua topped the Lakers struggled with their shooting all night and fell 78-50. Turner had 15 points and 12 rebounds, Bruner had 13 points and nine boards and Jessi Knudsen had 11 points in the loss. SWOCC shot just 20 percent overall and 19 percent from 3-point line in the loss. The Lakers are now off until two games at Blue Mountain on Dec. 6-7, against Blue Mountain and Yakima Valley. SWOCC will host its own crossover tournament Dec. 13-15, with games against Treasure Valley, Olympic and Highline. SWOCC beat Big Bend 32-21 for its first win of the regular dual meet season, after earlier losses to Corban (44-9), Umpqua (24-21) and Clackamas (31- 15). The Lakers got pins by Ryo Horikawa (141 pounds) and Hakuilua Paaluhi (157) and a technical fall by Joseph Downing (165). Mario Deanda-Lopez won his match and SWOCC got two other wins by forfeits. At the Mick Clock Open in Forest Grove, Deanda-Lopez finished fifth at 174 pounds for the Lakers, going 4-2 during the event. Logan Clayburn finished sixth at 285 pounds, winning three matches to reach the semifinals before losing in the semifinals, consolation semifinals and fifth-place match.Virat Kohli celebrated a ton and Marnus Labuschagne's wicket as India dominated Australia in Perth. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS Australia's bid to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy could be over after just three days, with Pat Cummins' men needing to achieve a 27-year first to finally beat India in a Test series. Black Friday Sale Subscribe Now! Login or signup to continue reading All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox Interactive Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia All articles from the other regional websites in your area Continue With two days left in Perth, 522 runs still required and three wickets down, Australia would need to pull off the greatest comeback in cricket history to avoid losing the first Test at Optus Stadium. India have obliterated Australia since midway through day one, with the expected smashing set to be up there with the disastrous 2010-11 Ashes losses and a nightmare defeat to South Africa in 2016. The three innings defeats to England 14 years ago, and the crushing by the Proteas resulted in significant change. That is still unlikely to happen this time, but captain Cummins and coach Andrew McDonald are confronting a challenge unlike anything they have faced since becoming Australia's leaders. He's back: Aside from facing defeat in Perth, Australia now know Virat Kohli is back in form. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) Not since the 1997 Ashes in England has Australia lost the first Test and won the series. Mark Taylor's team was belted by nine wickets in the Edgbaston opener, before retaining the Ashes 3-2 in a six-Test series. Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, who admitted Sunday's onslaught by Indian stars Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal was among the toughest days of his career, is already eyeing the second Test in Adelaide. Australia will begin day four in utter disarray at 3-12, with debutant Nathan McSweeney and out-of-form Marnus Labuschagne already having lost their wicket. "I'm probably looking mostly towards next Test and what plans we can do against these (Indian) batters," Hazlewood said on Sunday night. "It's obviously a long series. It's a five-match series. "If we can put some overs into their top quicks, I guess that's probably the couple of goals that we need to tick off (on Monday). "If a couple of (our) guys find some form and score 80, 90, or even 100 that's probably the positives we can take out of it." Captain Cummins has more to worry about than merely failing as nightwatchman on day three. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) Australia last won a Border-Gavaskar series in 2014-15, with India holding the trophy since 2017, which has included winning on their past two tours to this country. In their first innings in Perth, the Aussies made their lowest home total against India since 1981, replying to the tourists' 150 with 104. Since India's first innings finished, the tourists have made Australia look second-rate and have been unstoppable with bat and ball. Bold and confident young superstar Jaiswal, who sledged Mitchell Starc about the Aussie quick's pace during his 161, deftly handled a question about India landing a psychological blow on Australia. "I was just trying to focus on me," Jaiswal said. "I was just thinking how I can do good in this wicket, and how I can score, and how I can do well for my team, what I can do for my team. "In my mind, it was the only thought that I need to just play each ball." 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Leicester City Part Company With Steve Cooper Steve Cooper took over from Enzo Maresca at Leicester City during the summer, but after only two wins in the Premier League, the Foxes have chosen to let the 44-year-old go. The Foxes sit in 16th place in the Premier League after playing twelve matches, managing to secure only two victories during that time. The club’s decision ended Steve Cooper’s brief tenure as manager, who joined the team in the summer to take over for Enzo Maresca. The decisive blow for Steve Cooper was delivered by the Italian coach, who is currently in charge of Chelsea, as Leicester lost 2-1 at the King Power Stadium. Leicester City lost for a sixth time in the top flight as they aim to secure their place in the league after being promoted last season. A Leicester statement read: ” Leicester City Football Club has parted company with Steve Cooper, who leaves his position as First Team Manager with immediate effect. “Assistant Manager Alan Tate and First Team Coach and Analyst Steve Rands have also left the Club. Steve, Alan and Steve depart with our thanks for their contribution during their time with the Club and with our best wishes for the future. “Men’s First Team training will be overseen by First Team Coach Ben Dawson, supported by coaches Danny Alcock and Andy Hughes, as the Club begins the process of appointing a new manager, which we hope to conclude as soon as possible.” What Next For Leicester City The club has announced that assistant manager Alan Tate and first-team coach and analyst Steve Rands , who came on board with Cooper in the summer, have also been let go. As they look for a new manager to replace the 44-year-old, the team currently sits in 16th place in the Premier League. Ben Dawson , along with Danny Alcock and Andy Hughes, will take charge in the meantime. Leicester will be looking to quickly find a replacement for Cooper, as the Foxes are set to play against Brentford away in the Premier League this Saturday. Final Thoughts Leicester City has been the best of the newly promoted teams this season, but they are just two points clear of the relegation zone. This Leicester team definitely doesn’t have the same quality as in the past, but Steve Cooper’s squad showed they can still fight for results. This news might surprise a few, but it clearly reflects the goals of Leicester City’s owners. This article first appeared on Total Apex Sports and was syndicated with permission.

Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone held by Israel on Monday after multiple Israeli strikes inside Lebanon since a ceasefire took hold last week. The militant group said the volley, its first during the truce, was a warning shot in response to what it called repeated Israeli violations . Israeli leaders threatened to retaliate, and within hours, Israel’s military carried out a string of strikes in southern Lebanon, state media reported. There was no immediate word on casualties or what was struck. Israel has said its strikes in since the ceasefire began Wednesday have been in response to unspecified Hezbollah violations, and that under the truce deal it reserves the right to retaliate. Hezbollah began launching its attacks in solidarity with Hamas militants who are fighting Israel in the Gaza Strip. The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 people hostage . Israel’s blistering retaliatory offensive has killed at least 44,429 Palestinians , more than half of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were combatants. Israel says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. The war in Gaza has destroyed vast areas of the coastal enclave and displaced 90% of the population of 2.3 million, often multiple times . Here’s the Latest: WASHINGTON — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office for a second term there will be “HELL TO PAY.” “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social site . He added that, “Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!” It was not immediately clear whether Trump was threatening to directly involve the U.S. military in Israel’s ongoing campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Trump allies have said he hopes there will be a ceasefire and hostage release deal before he returns to office early next year. The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 people hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. Some 100 are still held inside Gaza , around two-thirds believed to be alive. WASHINGTON — Senior American officials have had conversations with Israelis to raise questions about some of the strikes they have carried out against Hezbollah since a ceasefire went into place but have not found the Israelis to be in gross violation of the terms of the ceasefire, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly about the sensitive conversations with the Israelis, said those conversations were part of a mechanism that was created to ensure that ceasefire agreement is implemented. “This is that mechanism working,” the official added. White House national security spokesman John Kirby on Monday that “largely speaking the ceasefire is holding.” “We’ve gone from, you know dozens of strikes, you know, down to one a day maybe two a day,” Kirby told told reporters aboard Air Force One as President Joe Biden made his way for a visit to Angola. “That’s a tremendous, tremendous reduction. And we’re going to keep trying and see what we can do to get it down to zero so that both sides are fully implementing it. But, this is, this is the only it’s only a, a week or so old.” — By Aamer Madhani JERUSALEM — Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone held by Israel on Monday, the militant group’s first attack since its ceasefire with Israel took hold last week, after Lebanon accused Israel of violating the truce more than 50 times in recent days. The Israeli military said two projectiles were launched toward Mount Dov, a disputed Israeli-held territory known as Shebaa Farms in Lebanon, where the borders of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel meet. Israel said the projectiles fell in open areas and no injuries were reported. Hezbollah said in a statement that it fired on an Israeli military position in the area as a “defensive and warning response” after what it called “repeated violations” of the ceasefire deal by Israel. It said complaints to mediators tasked with monitoring the ceasefire “were futile in stopping these violations.” The U.S.- and French-brokered ceasefire came into effect on Wednesday calling for a 60-day halt in fighting, aiming to end more than a year of exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel. Since then, Israel has carried out a number of strikes in Lebanon, most recently on Monday, when a drone strike killed a man on a motorcycle in southern Lebanon and another hit a Lebanese army bulldozer in the northeastern town of Hermel, wounding a soldier. The Lebanese army had stayed on the sidelines of the war between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel says the strikes are in response to Hezbollah violations of the ceasefire, without giving specifics. BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament speaker on Monday accused Israel of committing 54 breaches of the ceasefire that ended the war between Hezbollah and Israel, demanding urgent intervention to halt what he called “flagrant violations.” Speaking to the Lebanese newspaper Al Joumhouria, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri condemned Israel’s “aggressive actions,” including the alleged demolition of homes in border villages, the persistent overflight of Israeli reconnaissance drones, and airstrikes that have caused casualties. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Berri’s assertions. Israel says it reserves the right under the ceasefire deal to respond to perceived ceasefire violations. An Israeli drone strike on Monday hit a Lebanese army military bulldozer in the northeastern town of Hermel, wounding a soldier, the Lebanese army said in a statement. Also on Monday, an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle in Jdeidet Marjayoun in southern Lebanon killed one person, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. In Bint Jbeil province, a drone strike injured one person, the state-run National News Agency said. On Saturday, two people were killed in an airstrike on Marjayoun province, Lebanon’s state media said. Berri called on the technical committee established to monitor the ceasefire to take immediate action, urging it to “oblige Israel to halt its violations and withdraw from Lebanese territories without delay.” He said that Lebanon and Hezbollah have fully adhered to the terms of the ceasefire since the early hours of Wednesday. Berri is the leader of the Shiite Amal movement, which is closely allied with the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. BEIRUT — Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Monday one person was killed in an Israeli drone strike that hit a motorcycle, while the Lebanese army said that a soldier was wounded in an Israeli strike on a military bulldozer at an army base. The Israeli military said that it carried out a series of strikes in Lebanon on Sunday and Monday, including one in the same area where the soldier was said to have been wounded. It said it struck several military vehicles in Lebanon’s Bekaa province as well as strikes on Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. The incidents underscored the fragility of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah reached after nearly 14 months of cross-border fighting. Since the ceasefire went into effect on Wednesday, Israel has struck several times in response to what it says have been ceasefire violations by Hezbollah. Lebanon has accused Israel of violating the deal but so far Hezbollah has not resumed its rocket fire. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Monday rejected accusations that Israel is violating the tenuous ceasefire agreement, saying it was responding to Hezbollah violations. In a post on X, Saar said that he made that point in a call with his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot. France, along with the U.S., helped broker the deal and is part of an international monitoring committee meant to ensure the sides uphold their commitments. Israel says that it reserves the right under the deal to respond to perceived ceasefire violations. TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military said Monday an Israeli American soldier who was believed to have been taken hostage alive on Oct. 7, 2023, is now presumed to have been killed during Hamas’ attack and his body taken into Gaza. Neutra, 21, was a New York native who enlisted in the Israeli military and was captured when Hamas attacked southern Israel. Neutra’s parents, Ronen and Orna, led a public campaign while he was thought to be alive for their son’s freedom. They spoke at protests in the U.S. and Israel, addressed the Republican National Convention this year and kept up ties with the Biden administration in their crusade to secure their son’s release. In a statement announcing the death, the military did not say how it came to the conclusion over Neutra’s fate. He was one of seven American Israelis still held in Gaza, four of whom are now said to be dead. Hamas released a video of one, Edan Alexander, over the weekend, indicating he was still alive. In late summer, Israel said Hamas killed Hersh Goldberg-Polin , another prominent Israeli American hostage, along with five other captives, whose bodies the Israeli military recovered. The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 hostage. Some 100 captives are still held inside Gaza , around two-thirds believed to be alive. Iraqi militias supported by Iran deployed in Syria on Monday to back the government’s counteroffensive against a surprise advance by insurgents who seized the largest city of Aleppo, a militia official and a war monitor said. Insurgents led by jihadi group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched a two-pronged attack on Aleppo last week and the countryside around Idlib before moving toward neighboring Hama province. Government troops built a fortified defensive line in northern Hama in an attempt to stall the insurgents’ momentum while jets on Sunday pounded rebel-held lines. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus Sunday and announced Tehran’s full support for his government. He later arrived for talks in Ankara, Turkey, one of the rebels' main backers. Iran has been of Assad’s principal political and military supporters and deployed military advisers and forces after 2011 protests against Assad’s rule turned into an all-out war. Tehran-backed Iraqi militias already in Syria mobilized and additional forces crossed the border to support them, said the Iraqi militia official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. According to Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, some 200 Iraqi militiamen on pickups crossed into Syria overnight through the strategic Bou Kamal. They were expected to deploy in Aleppo to support the Syrian army’s pushback against the insurgents, the monitor said. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Navy destroyers shot down seven missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels at the warships and three American merchant vessels they were escorting through the Gulf of Aden. No damage or injuries were reported. U.S. Central Command said late Sunday that the destroyers USS Stockdale and USS O’Kane shot down and destroyed three anti-ship ballistic missiles, three drones and one anti-ship cruise missile. The merchant ships were not identified. The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement and said they had targeted the U.S. destroyers and “three supply ships belonging to the American army in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden.” Houthi attacks for months have targeted shipping through a waterway where $1 trillion in goods pass annually over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and Israel’s ground offensive in Lebanon. A ceasefire was announced in Lebanon last week. The USS Stockdale was involved in a similar attack on Nov. 12 . Read more of the AP's coverage of the Middle East wars: https://apnews.com/hub/mideast-warsFlorida State has finished filling its coordinator vacancies as Nebraska 's Tony White signed a three-year contract to oversee the Seminoles' defense, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Monday. White spent the past two seasons at Nebraska, which ranks 20th nationally in points allowed this season after finishing 13th in 2023. He replaces Adam Fuller, who was fired last month. White, who came up under defensive guru Rocky Long, has previously held coordinator posts at Syracuse , Arizona State and San Diego State . He played college football at UCLA . Editor's Picks Big upsets! Buzzer-beaters! A hook-and-ladder!! The 20 best games of Rivalry Week 23h Bill Connelly Florida State is 88th in points allowed and 87th in yards allowed, following a 2-10 season under coach Mike Norvell. The Seminoles on Monday also officially announced the hiring of Gus Malzahn as offensive coordinator. He replaces Alex Atkins, who was fired last month. Malzahn, who served as UCF 's head coach the past two seasons and was Auburn 's coach from 2013 to 2020, worked with Norvell on the Tulsa coaching staff in 2008 and 2009. "He has one of the most innovative minds in college football and a proven track record of developing elite offenses everywhere he's been," Norvell said in a statement. "His offenses have consistently showcased a tremendous running game combined with explosive plays through the air. I'm thrilled to work side-by-side with Gus again as we elevate the Florida State offense back to one of the elite groups in college football."

Pick a social media platform and a fishing-related hashtag, say #patroutfishing on Instagram. It’ll turn up thousands upon thousands of posts. Anglers have long posed for photos with their latest and biggest catches, but the phenomenon of being able to pull out a smartphone and share your achievement globally is unique to the past 10 or 15 years. It’s something that’s been on Travis Pantaleo’s mind since the coronavirus pandemic drove so many of us into nature for socially isolated recreation — and it was the focus of his master’s research thesis in fisheries management at Oregon State University. Wednesday night, he brought his look into “Fish Out of Water” to Lost Tavern Brewing in Hellertown, as part of the Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley’s Tap Talk series. “What impact, if any, does the use of social media have on recreational angling from a catch-and-release or even a mortality perspective?” is the question he posed. “And the reason that this is important is because some of your most dedicated anglers will do everything that they absolutely can to make sure that a fish swims off. But there’s still a 10% mortality assigned to any catch-and-release angling ... .” Numerous managers of fisheries across the United States offer tips — online, of course — on how to practice safe catch and release. The intersection of the internet and fishing isn’t necessarily a bad thing, Pantaleo said. Anglers can visit the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s GIS site for maps of trout streams; where-and-when details on the 4.4 million trout stocked this year in Pennsylvania, including 1.2 million stocked by cooperative nurseries that help raise trout for anglers to go out and catch; and more. Those who manage fishing can draw on information gleaned from social media to influence decision making on stocking and conservation, he said. Pantaleo admits to taking photos of some of the fish he catches while out on Cooks Creek in Upper Bucks or other local steams. But his research has shown the extra time to snap a shot can increase the risk to the fish. “When you go to take a photo, the chances are the percentage and times that you’re keeping that fish out of the water multiplies by 1.6,” he cited. “So keeping a fish out for 30 seconds just became 45. Keeping a fish out of water for 60 seconds just became a minute and a half. “And so it kind of extrapolates the possibility of harming that fish without even really thinking about it. And when you see a lot of photos online, they look pretty good. You know, if you’re anything like me, if you go take a picture of a fish, you’re rushing. Like for me it’s quick, it’s awful because the photo comes out really bad because I’m just trying to get it back in the water and I’m not a good photographer.” Pantaleo is a member of the Cooks Creek Watershed Association and a board member at the Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley, a nonprofit organization that encompasses 13 waterway groups in all. His research shows that the time a fish spends out of water, assuming it’s being released, can cause serious damage. “It’s not too different from if you were to try to hold your breath under the water for 60 seconds or more,” he said. “The only thing is where we would asphyxiate because we would take in too much water, fish kind of have the opposite: They have a large buildup of carbon dioxide. When they’re reintroduced into the water, to put it simply, the oxygen moves through their body so fast that it causes cardiac issues.” That sudden exchange can kill a fish, or cause difficulty righting or balancing itself, or lead to reproductive problems, Pantaleo said, voicing particular concern for native populations of brook or brown trout. “There can be injury to the fish,” Pantaleo said. “So depending on how you hook it, if you hook a fish relatively deep inside of its throat with its gills, there’s a good chance it’s going to swim away bleeding and ultimately die from loss of blood. You can scrape it, it can get infected.” Some examples of best practices for catch-and-release fishing include using barbless hooks, going with a silicone or rubber-mesh net instead of nets with knots, and wetting hands or gloves to reduce harm to the protective slime covering the fish’s skin. Anglers are good partners in conservation, said Stefanie Green, who coordinates the Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley’s Tap Talk series. Rod and gun clubs promote coalition events. They organize stream cleanups. Pennsylvania’s fishing license sales estimated at 782,989 in 2023-24 help protect native species, conserve the outdoors and enhance waterways, according to Fish and Boat. Pantaleo cited examples of anglers calling others out on social media, over pics of fish that have been dropped or which are covered in dust or dirt. “And on the opposite side of that, you have other forums where people are very encouraging of folks to go out and experience this type of experience for themselves,” he told about 18 people gathered for Wednesday night’s Tap Talk. “So it goes back to that idea that social media can both be a positive and a negative.” The Watershed Coalition started its Tap Talks in spring 2019 at Birthright Brewing Co. in Nazareth. They’re held in conjunction with the Penn State Extension, whose master watershed steward coordinator for Lehigh and Northampton counties, Shannon Frankosky, was in attendance Wednesday. The series grew out of visits to local businesses that use Lehigh Valley water, and the talks don’t always take place at beer breweries. The members have held events at Portch Tea, a kombucha-tea maker in the Emmaus area; Taylor House Brewing Co. and Blocker’s Coffeehouse in Catasauqua; Seven Sirens Brewing Co. in Bethlehem; and Black River Farms Vineyard & Winery in Lower Saucon Township. “Give us something delicious with local water and we’re there,” said Green, who is president of the Bertsch-Hokendauqua-Catasauqua Watershed Association. For more tips on safe catch-and-release fishing, including to keep both the fight and the fish’s time out water as brief as possible, visit the websites of the National Park Service website or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife is blunt in its recommendation: ” Photos can be so stressful. SKIP SOCIAL MEDIA! But if you feel you must get a picture, prepare for taking photos with your fish safely under the water surface. When lifting the fish out of the water, do it for 5 second intervals or less. Try to get the shot (within reason), but return your fish to the water for a rest between attempts. Take it slow down below.” More tips from keepfishwet.org include making sure your camera is easily accessible and ready to use and being mindful of conditions where a photo simply isn’t a good idea, like if the water is warm or the fish is deeply hooked. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat also offers a video on “How to Handle Fish for Safe Catch and Release”:

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