fisherman
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But for Grant Trask, a retired commercial fisherman, the run doesn’t make sense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“If you’re a windsurfer or fisherman or boater—basically, someone who cares about weather in specific locations—there’ve been good apps out there for a while now,” he said.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
One fifth-generation coracle fisherman described the situation in Carmarthenshire as "dire" after only catching one fish in the three-month season between May and July.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
"It's never dried up this much before," fisherman Rossen Dobrev told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
In reality, however, the fisherman talked like this because he didn't know what lay to the north.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
The shark made a few circles, leaving fishermen on the pier stunned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
A rare hammerhead shark was spotted circling Malibu Pier, giving local fishermen a surprise as unusually warm ocean waters draw tropical marine life north.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
"The captain gathered us together to give us good news that our fishermen are coming back... they're alive, they're okay," Ginger Reyes, 35, the wife of the captain of one of the vessels, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
At the same time, the tech has put the squeeze on older fishermen accustomed to more analog techniques.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
We spent the next few minutes watching the fishermen pull up their nets in the subtle darkness before dawn.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
