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Bluefin, which were spawning in the area of the spill when it occurred, exhibited the full range of heart defects more often than the two other fish, the study said.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2014

Pacific herring � a keystone of both the commercial fishing industry and the marine food web in Prince William Sound � were spawning at the time of the spill, and were hit particularly hard.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then we noticed the grass moving up and down the ditch and we realized the salmon were spawning right there on the second fairway�and in every other water hazard on the course.

From Time Magazine Archive

What he did not realize was the speed with which Hitlerite groups were spawning in southeastern Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

They escape all danger from drought, which in some rivers is almost as bad, there being now several mounds of dry gravel in my length of the Ribble which were spawning grounds last December.

From Essays in Natural History and Agriculture by Garnett, Thomas