How to Use lobstering in a Sentence

lobstering

noun
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  • While fisheries and ship strikes are also threats to the whales, researchers believe that lobstering in the Gulf of Maine poses a great risk.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The deal involves offshore fishing, not the inshore lobstering that has been in dispute.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Dec. 2020
  • His passion for lobstering, fishing, and the outdoors is but one legacy passed on to family and friends.
    — courant.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • BluShift agreed to launch only after dark and on Sundays, a day when lobstering is not permitted in the summer, Milliken said.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2022
  • Hannah says during a pleasant day of lobstering and making out.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al.com, 4 June 2019
  • This is a hard-working harbor, home to more than 100 fishermen and -women, and remains one of the top lobstering ports in Maine (second only to Stonington).
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021
  • There is no grand estate to behold here, but Betsy did construct a commercial-size dock for local lobstering crews to use as a way station.
    — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • On top of suddenly acquiring one of the island's coveted lobstering permits, the Lams received a large influx of cash and a tiny private island...sold to them for $10 from Sean Muldoon.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Last year the agency, which is responsible for protecting the species, updated its safeguards by compelling lobstermen to reduce the amount of rope in the water and restrict lobstering for part of the year.
    — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Indeed, Susan Beaton, a commercial lobsterwoman, notes how much lobstering is bound up in the image of the province.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The painting tells the story of people traveling to an island off of Maine for a funeral after the patriarch of a significant lobstering family has died.
    — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Our fondest memories of him include his passion for lobstering and exploring the beauty of the underwater world with his wife, children, and grandchildren.
    — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Evidence is scant that lobstering is driving the endangered whale’s numbers down, say both Democratic and Republican lawmakers from the state.
    — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The state’s Democratic and Republican lawmakers have insisted that there is no proof that lobstering is driving right whales toward extinction.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The saltwater waiver also applies to crabbing, lobstering and scalloping.
    — Doreen Christensen, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 May 2017
  • While the study determined lobstering poses less risk of death than most other fisheries, Fulmer found that 50 percent of lobstermen reported experiencing lower back pain, and that lobstermen had a high rate of significant acute injuries.
    — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Add-on Adventure Packages include lobstering, sunset cruises, and an astronomy cruise.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Carefully check state regulations as lobstering everywhere is regulated to seasons, size, methods used, and number taken.
    — Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The saltwater waiver applies to crabbing, lobstering, scalloping and other water activities.
    — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2022

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