fishing

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The new group is mostly formed of "rural youth" from an area "awash with weapons", motivated by poverty, and anger over illegal fishing by ships from China, Yemen, Iran and beyond.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Fishermen are no longer going to the best fishing grounds further from shore and recent catches haven’t been worth the cost, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

On Sunday afternoon, shoppers browsed for fishing poles and sifted through a wide array of camouflage hunting gear.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

People had significantly altered 75 percent of land and 66 percent of ocean areas through agriculture, fishing, climate change, pollution, and other activities.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Then she whistled her shell, two long, shrill notes that carried far out to the reef, where the sea lions were fishing.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr