In 1979 a force-ten gale struck unexpectedly in the waters off Fastnet, crashing 40-foot waves over small vessels.
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In the coastal city of Valparaiso, the port has been closed to small vessels, and the main road to Argentina across the Andes mountains has also been shut.
If adopted by deputies at their meeting on Wednesday, it will reserve the area "for the parking of motor cycles and pedal cycles, whilst at the same time retaining the facility to over-winter small vessels and to manage catches landed from boats".
These areas are open to attack and small recreational vessels are allowed within, and are able to dock at, locations within this two mile stretch.
Greenpeace says small-scale fishing vessels measuring 12m (40ft) or less make up about 80% of the European fishing sector and usually cause less environmental harm.
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At the same time, their small and often dilapidated vessels can easily succumb to the wind-whipped waves formed in the lake by its volatile microclimate.
"There is a huge population with small vessel disease where the vessels keep collapsing and occluding, " said Atala.
And we have small Coast Guard patrol boats that can actually do scouting, work with the vessels of opportunity, to identify the small patches of oil and deal with it there.
In the first of the show's two small galleries are two striking lidded earthenware vessels reminiscent of the much earlier ritual bronzes in Sackler's collection.
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The mercenary outfit--founded by former Navy SEALs in 1997 and heavily involved in U.S. military efforts in Iraq--has tentative plans to build a small fleet of two or three anti-piracy vessels, each able to carry several dozen armed security personnel, according to reports in Lloyds List Maritime.
Although the 668, 000 chinook caught off Oregon and California in 2005 contributed less than 1% to America's salmon consumption last year, the council's decision is bad news for the 1, 200 or so fishing vessels along the west coast, and for their small ports.
The 12-year-old Ocean Atlas is one of a very small number of U.S.-flagged heavy-lift vessels.
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Again, concentrating on small ships helped because the upfront costs are much smaller than for larger vessels.
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