fish
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An environmental impact assessment found that the dredging in nearby Malakal Harbour -- expected to start this year -- will cause the loss of 4.26 hectares of coral, impacting endangered turtles, fish and dugong.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Meanwhile, for those looking to fish where the big boats aren’t, the survey — as always — is a great guide to the assets most out of fashion among big-money investors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Researchers observed eight different types of coral, along with eight fish species using the reef for shelter and feeding.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
"It's a chance for them to learn about a wider variety of fish and where food comes from."
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
His long black hair swirls around him; his toned but rail-thin arms are a blur as he smacks drumsticks on a box of fish tackle, Dad’s lawn mower, and the snowshoes I never finished making.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Jonathan Sisler fishes for tuna and snapper 100 miles off the coast of Florida, and he wants to get to his spots in a hurry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Watson, who fishes on the Dylharis, said the industry took its responsibilities seriously.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
John van Rooyen regularly surfs and spear fishes at the Tinley Manor beach, about 2 miles from where he lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
We humans eat seven fishes on Christmas Eve, samosas on Eid al-Fitr and maple cookies behind the moon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Since he had decided not to sell any, he kept on making two fishes a day and when he finished twenty-five he would melt them down and start all over again.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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There’s a predictable resistance of In my day we fished with a wooden stick and a bottle cap and caught fish the size of Buicks, etc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Jenkin puts together his bespoke films like tactile, fragile curiosities — it’s as if the battered reels have been fished out of the water, their origin unknown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
For generations, Seynabou Tall's ancestors have fished, dived and rowed off the coast of Dakar, where the 14-year-old, who quit school nearly four years ago, is now learning to surf.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
Mr Garrick-Maidment says that, kilo for kilo, seahorses are currently worth as much as silver and warned further price rises could mean they are fished to extinction.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
I had watched Lord Cunningham talking to Devlin as he fished.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Newsom made the comment in an interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper, during which the two men are standing knee-deep in a body of water while fishing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Surveys conducted in the 1960s, which were primarily designed to locate productive fishing grounds, identified what appeared to be a deep-water coral reef.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Sbarounis said he goes fishing about 120 days of the year, between May and November, from the Mexico border up to Point Conception, and off shore about 100 to 150 miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
But when the 18-foot fishing vessel failed to return, they launched a search effort.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
A hurricane lamp stood on the bare cement floor, and fishing nets were bundled in three corners of the room.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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