fishery
Americannoun
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fisheries
plural
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a place where fish are bred; fish hatchery.
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a place where fish or shellfish are caught.
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the occupation or industry of catching, processing, or selling fish or shellfish.
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Law. the right to fish in certain waters or at certain times.
noun
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the industry of catching, processing, and selling fish
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a place where this is carried on
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a place where fish are reared
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a fishing ground
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another word for piscary
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fishery
First recorded in 1520–30; fish + -ery ( def. )
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He smiled with pride at the state of the fishery.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
It had been decades since sharks last patrolled the reef off the coast of Fiji's Naidiri Village, but they returned this year following a community-led effort to protect the fishery and plant thousands of corals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
“The Bureau of Reclamation is managing Shasta operations under a temperature management plan developed in coordination with state and federal fishery agencies,” Reclamation spokesperson Peter Soeth said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
This year’s El Niño has set off wildfires in Asia, hurricanes in the Pacific and fishery closures in South America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The fishery was where most of the University’s works of hands were made.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Sharks venturing into South Korean waters is "not common at all", Kim Jin-koo, a professor of global fisheries at Pukyong National University, told AFP last month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
He locked up land and fisheries and barred new roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
But it’s more than just Greenland sharks at risk, with an estimated 79 million sharks dying in fisheries in 2019.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Our communities deserve to know what’s in the water ... and what it means for our health, our fisheries, and our future,” Padilla said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The fisheries of fresh and salt water are a resource of great importance, involving the interests and the welfare of a very large number of people.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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