fishery

[fish-uh-ree]

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.

fishery

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fishery¹

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

Example Sentences

A spokesperson for Canada's fisheries minister, Joanne Thompson, told AFP "Canada is open to considering other transfers or export permits," and new proposals "will be reviewed expeditiously."

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These fisheries rely on purse-seine nets, a method that captures schooling fish by encircling them with a large wall of netting.

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Even commercial fisheries could be affected; for instance, tuna populations migrate through the CCZ, meaning the impacts of mining could extend to seafood consumed around the world.

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Although spionid worms do not consume their hosts directly, the damage they inflict on oyster shells still increases mortality rates in modern fisheries.

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A Marineland letter to the fisheries ministry, obtained by the BBC, said that whatever happens to the animals would be "a direct consequence of the minister's decision".

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