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fishing

[fish-ing] / ˈfɪʃ ɪŋ /


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Hardened globs of crude cling to fishing nets pulled from the lake, and natural gas gurgles up from busted underwater pipelines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Protecting workers on the fishing vessels that supply feed mills is, however, an “immense challenge,” Meserve added, because audits occur at port.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Most of these factories use inedible offcuts from fishing because nearly every U.S. state has outlawed the targeting of whole fish for fishmeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Tampa Bay communities also never adopted the extensive maize agriculture associated with Mississippian society, relying instead on fishing and other marine resources.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

There are pieces of old fishing lines, nets, bottles.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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