preventative
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Some environmentalists have urged the state to redesign the reservoir and erect large screens that would prevent fish from being drawn into the forebay, but state water officials say that wouldn’t solve the problems.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024
Accounting for changes in productivity can help prevent fish stocks from collapsing.
From Salon • Jul. 11, 2023
Low levels caused by drought, plus culverts, roads and dams, prevent fish from fleeing to cooler spots.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022
Purse seiners drop a large, round wall of netting around a school of fish and then “purse” the bottom of the net shut to prevent fish from escaping.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2021
It is the custom not only to impregnate nets with salt, but also to throw part of that commodity into the water, to blind the mischievous elves, who are said to prevent fish being caught.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist
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