Starting April 14, boaters wanting to enter the water must subject their craft to quarantine due to the golden mussels, which can damage waterways and boats.

If he'd been successful, he might have spread a deadly disease to the Sentinelese people—or gotten himself killed.

All motorized and trailered vessels must be inspected for highly invasive golden mussels, then undergo a 30-day sealed ...

The tribe is protected under Indian law to prevent exposure to modern illnesses, which could devastate their population ...

The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes ... had been illegally fishing in the waters ...