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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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
Revenues from a single pearl fishery could far exceed returns from other commodity crops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Last month, the Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir announced a series of measures for the Lough Neagh eel fishery, to ensure long-term recovery of stocks.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
It brought major disruption to marine ecosystems: mass die-offs of seabirds, fishery disasters, kelp degradation, whale entanglements, sea lion starvation, fish migration and harmful algal blooms, Amaya said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
The fishery was where most of the University’s works of hands were made.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Lidl GB said it was "committed to sourcing fish and seafood from responsibly managed fisheries".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Of the 35 so-called chapters of talks ranging from fisheries and economic policy to freedom of speech and free movement of goods, 27 had begun and 11 of them were provisionally complete, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The EU’s common fisheries policy sets overall catch limits and shares them among member countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Brussels has stayed out of the fray ahead of the referendum, but has sent positive signals, even on the sensitive fisheries issue.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Another type of intensified food-gathering activity that developed was the freshwater eel fisheries of the Murray-Darling river system, where water levels in marshes fluctuate with seasonal rains.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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