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“None of the waterways in L.A. County are considered fishable or swimmable” due to pollution, he said, and tests show “toxicity in every drainage for some pollutant of concern.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2023
So as the northern Bering Sea continues to warm, there’s certainly the potential for snow crab to grow to fishable size in that region.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2022
With the goal of allowing rivers to become swimmable, fishable and drinkable once again, the legislation made it illegal to discharge pollutants into waterways without securing a permit.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2022
The paleontologist Paul Sereno’s 2000 discovery of a Stone Age cemetery and what it tells us about life in a Sahara once green with swimmable, fishable lakes is particularly fascinating.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2020
The fishable water is on either side in an average height of river.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William
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