prawn
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Between overfishing, climate change, plastic pollution, and habitat destruction, it’s a bad time to be a prawn, cod, seabird, or whale.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024
Products like albacore tuna and spot prawn can come from Vancouver, B.C.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
Lunch was roast rack of lamb with an Asian-style marinade, prawn tacos with pineapple salsa and a strawberry ginger trifle.
From New York Times • May 1, 2023
We often get animals that are caught as bycatch from a trawl or in a prawn trap.
From Slate • Dec. 10, 2022
I was hoping for river prawns in my traps that day, because river prawn okro soup with hot pepper was a favorite of Ma’s, and Klenam made it just as well as she did.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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