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anama...
a word form the dialec meaning "abundance of fish",
The country truly honors the name that it was given. With a
tradition for fishing that gows back hundreds of years, the
Republic of Panama is among the principal fishing centers in
the world! This reputation is not only due to the vast
variety and quantity of fish that abound in tis surrounding
waters and rivers, but also because of their size. In
fact, fishermen in Panama have won almost 50 world records for
fishing.
Panama
is an isthmus surrounded by hundreds of islands of coral reef.
To the north lies the Caribbean Sea, with a coastline about
300 miles long; the southern coast, facing the Pacific Ocean,
offers 600 miles of coast for the saltwater fisherman.
For fresh-water fishing, the country itself is laced with a
muriad network or rivers and lakes. |
