Sentence examples for not fishable from inspiring English sources

Forty percent of the nation's waters are not fishable or swimmable, so the potential of restoration is colossal.

The sunfish is not fishable, not edible, and no instinct has been driven into it to stay away from man.

If 40percentt of America's waterways are not fishable or swimmable because of polluted runoff, that is unrealized economic potential of about $9 billion a year in freshwater sport fishing alone.

The Chicago River, however, is still not "fishable and swimmable," and there's more cleanup to be done.

Surprisingly, nearly 40percentt of the nation's waters are still not considered fishable.

While we reflect on the Clean Water Act's achievements, as well as the threats it faces, we should remember this: the Act's great promise of swimmable, drinkable, fishable waters is not a wish list but a delineation of every American's inalienable right to this precious resource, water.

"The act promised fishable waters, but that hasn't happened yet," said Charles Gauvin, president of Trout Unlimited, one member of the coalition, which includes heavyweight organizations as diverse as the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society, the Izaak Walton League of America and the National Corn Growers Association.

Ms. Enck said the contamination was so severe that she was not ready to say whether the Gowanus would ever be "swimmable and fishable".

"The level of contamination is so severe that I don't feel comfortable saying that when we're done, it will be fishable or swimmable".

They have never returned in fishable numbers.

The Fishable Waters Act has two noteworthy features.