fisherman
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The fisherman and the shark apparently tangled when the man tried to release the fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
“It will affect us because big ships will be passing through so there will be more restrictions, and we would need to go much further to fish,” said Omar Lali, a 27-year-old fisherman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Once also a fisherman, his identity card shows him to be 100 years old.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
"We've really had enough," protesting fisherman Tony Dalmasso told AFP in Nice.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
An experienced fisherman would walk to the end of the plank, launching the tag into the shark’s dorsal fin.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Past developments, including the port and abandoned coal and wind-power plants, left farmers and fishermen in yearslong battles over compensation and resettlement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
She encountered beaches typically teeming with tourists that were spookily empty, and fishermen unable to work because they lacked gasoline to go to sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The shark made a few circles, leaving fishermen on the pier stunned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The bodies of two French fishermen who had been missing since their trawler sank in the English Channel have been found, French prosecutors have said.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
One part of it was reserved for the fishermen who brought crabs and oysters and bass and flounders.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
