part-time fisherman
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part-time
adverb
adjective
uk/ˌpɑːtˈtaɪm/us/ˌpɑːrtˈtaɪm/
If you work part-time or do part-time work, you work for only some of the day or ...
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fisherman
noun[C]
uk/ˈfɪʃ.ə.mən/us/ˈfɪʃ.ɚ.mən/
someone who catches fish, especially as ...
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We are risking the future of the salmon for the sake of 300 or 400 part-time fishermen.
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No, it is not a hobby for our part-time fishermen, but a livelihood.
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This matter involves perhaps a few over a hundred part-time fishermen.
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Part-time fishermen and crofters are excluded from the figures.
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Why not, therefore, buy out these drift-netters, the licence holders, part-time fishermen, who are only at work when the salmon are running?
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We have no plans at present to restrict the numbers of nets which may be used by part-time fishermen.
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We have a problem also with our part-time fishermen.
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It employs 700 full-time and 300 part-time fishermen, but, over and beyond that—and this is very important.
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The livelihoods of many small and part-time fishermen in and around my constituency are seriously threatened.
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These are part-time fishermen; they can work only when the salmon are running—a few months.
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Indeed, they are part-time fishermen who have had the most incredible bonanza during the past 20 years.
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We are risking the future of the salmon for those 300 or 400 part-time fishermen.
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Similarly, the number of fishermen engaged in the industry between 1970 and 1980 was roughly the same, although there are more part-time fishermen now than there were in 1970.
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I have been told that eight of the 28 whole and part-time fishermen have been offered berths in the marina at a price, provided they do not get bigger boats.
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We are talking about 181 part-time fishermen.
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A total of 20 fishermen derive their income mainly from fishing while 280 are considered part-time fishermen and engaged in other economic activities such as farming.
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