fisher
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In 2018, riots broke out in Saint-Louis, Senegal, after a fisher was shot and killed by Mauritanian coast guards, during what the Mauritanians said was a cross-border raid by a fishmeal boat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"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
But fisher people in at least 100 towns and villages located on the coast say this would gravely impact their work.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024
I had worked as a fisher boy for five months, but in all that time I had never tasted fish.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Officials in the Avannaata municipality on the island nation’s west coast approved the plan, offering fishers 300 Danish kroner, or about $45, per shark heart.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Testing by campaign group Save the River Tywi showed evidence of industrial, agricultural and human waste pollution, with fishers saying they often see dead fish bobbing up and down in the water.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
"To date, CMDR's Bounty Project, which pays a financial reward to licensed commercial fishers for marine debris removal, has removed 84 tons of large, derelict fishing gear from the Pacific Ocean."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
"Small-scale fishers are unable to feed their families. They're losing their livelihoods," said Maisey Pigeon, of the Coalition for Fisheries Transparency, a Washington-based NGO.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
In the town, in little offices, sat the men who bought pearls from the fishers.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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