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Eastlink sues Newfoundland fishing vessel for subsea cable break

863a4ac9dc_64635696_o2An arrest warrant has been issued for a Newfoundland fishing vessel after another subsea telecommunication cable was broken last summer off the coast of Atlantic Canada. In a statement of claim filed last week in federal court, Nova Scotia-headquartered Eastlink accuses the vessel  of damaging its cable, costing the company nearly $1 million in repairs. It was at least the fourth time an underwater cable was snapped by a fishing vessel in the region between May 2013 and July 2014. Read the rest here 08:33