fishers
- plural of fisher.
Example Sentences
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The most numerous are the fall-run Chinook, which fishers catch commercially and recreationally along the coast when salmon numbers are high enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Fly fishers say the salmon population at the burn has been wiped out and could take years to recover.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
Then, for about two weeks in February, fishers get their legal shot at the giant fish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Groups representing environmentalists, Indigenous people, artisanal fishers and Afro-Brazilian communities have gone to court to request an end to the drilling, which they see as a risk to a region rich in biodiversity.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
In the town, in little offices, sat the men who bought pearls from the fishers.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
