These few survivors, she explains, follow the fish in the dry season to deep pools in the bed of the river near Kratie, in Cambodia.

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He thought Tyre an economically thriving but insufficiently holy place that should be reduced to nothing more than a fishing village with plenty of open space to "spread fish nets" to dry.

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If the lakes dry up, he explains, the fish will die.

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"Slow and low" is the way to go with salmon, said Ms. Louis, as cooking the fish at a high temperature can dry it out.

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Apple is a small fish, and the pond is going dry.

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Across the road, the Chophouse is a large-windowed gastro pub that serves a menu of comfort food classics like fish and chips, and an exemplary Charolais Rib Eye steak, which has been dry-aged for 32 days.

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