fishery

American  

[fish-uh-ree] / ˈfɪʃ ə ri /

noun

plural

fisheries

1. a place where fish are bred; fish hatchery.

2. a place where fish or shellfish are caught.

3. the occupation or industry of catching, processing, or selling fish or shellfish.

4. Law. the right to fish in certain waters or at certain times.

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fishery British  

/ ˈfɪʃərɪ /

noun

1. 1. the industry of catching, processing, and selling fish

   2. a place where this is carried on

2. a place where fish are reared

3. a fishing ground

4. another word for piscary

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Etymology

Origin of fishery

First recorded in 1520–30; fish + -ery ( def. )

Example Sentences

Dave Gershman at the Pew Charitable Trusts' international fisheries team used news of the auction to highlight that stocks of Pacific bluefin tuna were improving after being "near collapse".

From Barron's

Indonesia, in particular, was identified as having the greatest potential increase in food supply from restored reef fisheries.

From Science Daily

But Andrea Angel says it's not just the workers and the conservation work that benefits from the deployment of bird-scaring lines on fishing vessels, there are economic incentives for fisheries too.

From BBC

Suh was also accused of manipulating evidence to support Seoul's controversial claim that the late fisheries official had sought to defect to the North.

From Barron's

"But there are opportunities and our fishing industry are doing some research into that at the moment to try and evolve with the changing fisheries that we're seeing as a result of climate change."

From BBC

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