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Once, during a fishless fishing trip one Labor Day, I watched an enormous hammerhead swim along the edge of Jones Beach mere feet from the boat I was in.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2022

Since then, I’ve never been fishless for more than a few hours.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

Impossible Foods, a dominant force in the alternative protein industry, has been developing a fishless fish project for years.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2021

And most importantly for Franny Stone, waves crash over fishless seas and Arctic terns, deprived of the aquatic plenitude that fuels their 25,000-mile annual journeys, are on what may be their last migration.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2020

Because that is the reason for our fishless supper today.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park