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
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
But they were luckier than usual: once they surprised a large fisher in the very act of dispatching a porcupine.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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"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
Shugg said fishers were "crying out" to use the pingers but that government policy was an obstacle.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Sardines, tuna and abalone have all at some point been abundant along the California Current, a 1,900-mile stretch of the Pacific that has been ripe for explorers and fishers for centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
According to Haas, the inland centers must have controlled the exchange, because the fishers needed their cotton for nets.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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