coastline

On Thursday afternoon, roughly three dozen surfers were lined up to catch waves at Steamer Lane — just below the Santa Cruz coastline’s cliffs near the city’s iconic lighthouse and surfer statue.

This is the predicament facing tens of thousands of fishermen along South Korea's coastlines.

The focus then was on plans to intercept the so-called "taxi boats" now used by the smugglers to cruise close to the coastline, collecting passengers already standing in the water.

Both Colombia and nearby Ecuador have significant Pacific coastlines that experts have said are used to funnel drugs north towards the US through Central America and Mexico.

The drilling of Block 59 -- which is 160 kilometres from the coastline -- has been a passion project for Lula, who insists oil revenues will help fund Brazil's climate transition.