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fishery

[fish-uh-ree] / ˈfɪʃ ə ri /


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Duncan Ferguson, director of the Spey Fishery Board, said it was one of the largest pollution incidents he had seen in 36 years of working on the river.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

The Pacific Fishery Management Council, a multistate, quasi-federal body, is expected to decide in April after a series of meetings whether there will be a limited fishing season or none at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

The circumstance affecting all three is the shutdown of the crucial fall-run salmon fishing in California, which the Pacific Fishery Management Council, a governmental body, recently extended for 2024, the second year in a row.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024

According to research published this summer in the journal Marine and Fishery Sciences, a population of bull sharks survived in fresh water for at least 17 years.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2023

Surprisingly, the majority of the Fishery made it through the fire without much damage at all, but the northeast quarter of the shop was practically destroyed.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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