Agenzia Giornalistica Vittoria

[Vittoria]

Agenzia Giornalistica Vittoria (AGV) is a not-for-profit news agency based in Sovana, Vittoria. AGV has branches around the world and is a major competitor against the Belmont based AP and Reuters. AGV is unique to Vittoria as it does not have to follow Vittorian Information laws and is a beacon of free press in the nation. Established in 1911 by Luigi Steffani with the permission of Tsar Victor IV with permanent free speech rights at the tail end of Vittoria's enlightened monarchs period, AGV has since expanded and attempted to open closed doors to the press around the world. Due to this AGV has a history of losing journalists in hostile environments. Monthly, the Steffani Award is given to the nation or journalist that is most dedicated most to the expansion of AGV and freedom of the press.

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[Vittoria]

Fishing Catch Low This Season
BY: NINA FALLACI, Economy writer from Vittoria
SOVANA, Vittoria (AGV) — The Vostok Sea has long been a source of fresh seafood for the several nations that border the vast waterway but frustrating fisherman this year is a severe lack of fish. While the reasons are unclear for this sudden phenomenon, environmentalists are blaming overfishing and lax international laws on resource management.

Yet the most profound impact has been on the fishing economies surrounding the Vostok. Fisherman are quickly finding themselves out of work or without enough fuel to go on increasingly futile voyages and angrily ask for government help, demanding to know where the fish have gone?

While this has taken a hit on the larger fishing companies around the world, the worst impact is on the small town fisherman and seaside towns which only exist due to their fish stock.

"All of the best fish are caught by those big ships and my small boat just cannot compete" stated Vittorian fisherman Carlo Sabatini.

The impact isn't just on those catching the fish either. A chain effect has now hit supermarkets and restaurants around the world. Suddenly, tuna is unavailable in many parts of Europe as the massive Vostok catch is no longer supplying them.

A quick visit to Sovana's local seafood restaurants show the continued economic hurt the low catch is doing for local economies.

"I had to lay off four of my waiters and one chef. We don't have the fish and so we don't have the customers. It's a true pity because usually we are packed all year long and with the summer coming up we might miss out on vacationing tourist revenues" a sad Niccola Manzoni proclaimed as swept the floor of his vacant restaurant, Taco del Mare.

If the fish don't come back soon the impact on these towns might turn them into ghost towns as their economies are not diversified enough. Fisherman like Carlo Sabatini have hope though, "Sometimes God does not give me fish, but if I pray enough the ocean eventually brings some good fortune in with the tides."