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
Skirting a small lake, they had stared to see a great gray fisher bird that stabbed and paddled in the sedge, until a flight of wild duck had frightened them away with their clamor.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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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
She said fishers were "keen" to have pingers on their nets - but they needed scientific evidence to determine whether they were an effective solution for the long-term.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
This year, commercial fishers have resumed going for salmon after a rebound in the population prompted regulators to allow it under strict limits.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Then, for about two weeks in February, fishers get their legal shot at the giant fish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 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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