fishing

Example Sentences

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Greenland's economy is mainly based on fishing, and it receives large subsidies from the Danish government.

From BBC

Orphaned as a teenager in an impoverished fishing village in Kent, Ishmaelle takes to the seas, disguising herself as a boy to do so.

From Los Angeles Times

They calculated how large fish stocks would need to grow to reach "maximum sustainable yields" and "pretty good yields," as well as how long recovery might take under different fishing regulations.

From Science Daily

In “Doc Martin,” Clunes played a brilliant London surgeon who develops a blood phobia and becomes a general practitioner in the Cornwall fishing village where he spent summers as a child.

From Los Angeles Times

The Gambian Navy launched a hunt for survivors after midnight, involving several vessels and a fishing boat.

From Barron's