as in offshore
of, relating to, or situated in the waters near the shore
an oil spill that was devastating to inshore fisheries in the area
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These reels were produced in every size imaginable, from tiny stream trout models to heavier varieties capable of taking on inshore saltwater species.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 14 Feb. 2023
Georgia Tech students removing harmful sargassum from inshore coral reefs, Magnetic Island, March 2017.
—Citizen Science Salon, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2017
Last month, on the first day of Louisiana’s inshore shrimp season, a tank platform collapsed, pouring 14,000 gallons into Terrebonne Bay and ruining the catch.
—Lisa Friedman Bryan Tarnowski, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
They are often found in shallow bays and inshore tropical waters, and have also been found circling shipwrecks off the coast of the Eastern U.S.
—Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2022
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 14 Feb. 2023
Georgia Tech students removing harmful sargassum from inshore coral reefs, Magnetic Island, March 2017.
—Citizen Science Salon, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2017
Last month, on the first day of Louisiana’s inshore shrimp season, a tank platform collapsed, pouring 14,000 gallons into Terrebonne Bay and ruining the catch.
—Lisa Friedman Bryan Tarnowski, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
They are often found in shallow bays and inshore tropical waters, and have also been found circling shipwrecks off the coast of the Eastern U.S.
—Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2022
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“Inshore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inshore. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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