fisher
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"This suggests Kank may have been an active fisher, contrasting with common portrayal of raptors as agile terrestrial predators, like Velociraptor from the Northern Hemisphere."
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
"It basically just says that a fisher must have an employment contract in writing and that salaries should be paid in intervals, but does not specify the time frame," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
Chilton, who is usually clean-shaven, wears clear rectangular glasses and is a keen trout fisher, founded mushroom distributor Nammex in 1989.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
Ms Townsend studied and attached GPS collars to the Sierra Nevada red fox and the Pacific fisher, which is related to a badger, in attempts to track and preserve the species.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025
Skirting a small lake, they had stared to see a great gray fisher bird that stabbed and paddled in the sedge, until a flight of wild duck had frightened them away with their clamor.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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Some have proposed reimbursing fishers or using acoustic deterrents instead of mass slaughter.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mark Taylor, CEO of the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority North West, told the BBC: "The incident led to a delay in the fishers being able to derive an income from the bed".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The most numerous are the fall-run Chinook, which fishers catch along the coast when their numbers are high enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The remains were uncovered in Stora Förvar cave, an archaeological site on Stora Karlsö that was heavily used by seal hunters and fishers during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Before Kino and Juana and the other fishers had come to Kino’s brush house, the nerves of the town were pulsing and vibrating with the news—Kino had found the Pearl of the World.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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