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What do you call fishing on a planet where there are no fish?

I don't really think that this is a worldbuilding issue, but rather a question of language use in fictitious writing. To this, my answer would be: You write your story in English – so why don't you ...
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What do you call fishing on a planet where there are no fish?

Casting, of course. When people shoot for entertainment, they're not targeting or gunning; they're shooting. When people sew/knit for entertainment, they're not threading or needling; they're sewing. ...
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What do you call fishing on a planet where there are no fish?

A general problem, in need of a general solution. So the settlers are on a new planet. Their new home is a shirt-sleeves environment for humans, with a native ecosphere, but of course it is not quite ...
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