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
Other Word Forms
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
The global weather disrupter has already stoked wildfires in Asia, hurricanes in the Pacific and fishery closures in South America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
On searching further, the fishery officers found other plants where rains or ordinary clean-up waters would carry insecticides into the sewer.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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
Do pesticides represent a threat to the shrimp fisheries and to the supply for the markets?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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