He said although more fishing was taking place nearer penguin colonies it was often happening later in the season when these colonies were empty.

他说，尽管在靠近企鹅聚居地的地方有更多的捕鱼活动，但这通常发生在季节的晚些时候，在那时这些聚居地都空了。

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The fishing season began most auspiciously.

这个渔季开网大吉。

《新英汉大辞典》

Every year on the first of September, at a cove in a small town called Taiji on the southeast coast of Japan's Honshu Island, a new fishing season begins: the dolphin season.

每年九月第一天，日本本州南部海岸一个叫做“太地”的小镇海湾，新一轮的捕鱼季开始：捕杀海豚的季节。

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