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Eco effort The on-site organic farm, close relations with local farmers and fisherfolk, and a total ban on single-use plastics can be expected from a resort of this calibre.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
Renowned for their energetic dance and songs, the Bété clan is a subgroup of the Kruo people of Côte D’Ivoire, who are a community of coastal fisherfolk and farmers; other prominent Bété people include Grammy-winning musician Dobet Gnahore and Chelsea Football Club star Didier Drogba.
—Chinonso Ihekire, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Harry, of the fisherfolk organization, noted that the strike comes as the eastern Caribbean prepares for the peak of tuna season, with many fishermen depending on catches for their livelihoods.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Permits were even required for Gazan fisherfolk to use the sea.
—Literary Hub
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
Renowned for their energetic dance and songs, the Bété clan is a subgroup of the Kruo people of Côte D’Ivoire, who are a community of coastal fisherfolk and farmers; other prominent Bété people include Grammy-winning musician Dobet Gnahore and Chelsea Football Club star Didier Drogba.
—Chinonso Ihekire, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Harry, of the fisherfolk organization, noted that the strike comes as the eastern Caribbean prepares for the peak of tuna season, with many fishermen depending on catches for their livelihoods.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Permits were even required for Gazan fisherfolk to use the sea.
—Literary Hub
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisherfolk
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This study builds on earlier anthropology research that found ritual behavior flourished under uncertainty, such as fishermen saying prayers when heading into dangerous seas.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2025
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Narrated by the reporter Dugan Arnett, the series begins on a summer night in 2018, with audio of a 911 call from a fisherman on a scalloping boat called the Little Tootie, where a frenzied man with bloodshot eyes and a pistol has come aboard, looking for drugs.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
2 Dec. 2025
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In each port, travelers can expect excursions that are both heart-pounding and dip into the local culture, like a helicopter flight over the towering Mahoney Falls or a local seafood tasting led by an Alaskan fisherwoman.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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The plot requires the tailor’s wife to introduce doubts in the fisherwoman’s mind about her affectionate man’s fidelity.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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For many fishers in the region, hunting these fish down using compound bows and arrows have become a local sport — and the state of Maryland hopes that promoting bowfishing can help curb the growth of the population.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Every June, Oceans Month reminds us that the ocean connects us all — to see the connection between the creek behind a neighborhood and the deep Atlantic, between a crabber on the Chesapeake and a fisher in the South Pacific and between local action and planetary consequence.—
Serena C. McIlwain,
Baltimore Sun,
8 June 2026
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“Fisherfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisherfolk. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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