nearshore

[neer-shawr]

adjective

1. extending from or occurring along a shore.

verb (used with or without object)

1. (of a company or organization) to move offshored jobs or business activities from a distant country to a country that is much closer to the home territory.

   Recent plans to nearshore our distribution activities have been favorably received.

   Several Australian business owners have nearshored from China to Vanuatu.

nearshore

1. The region of land extending between the backshore, or shoreline, and the beginning of the offshore zone. Water depth in this area is usually less than 10 m (33 ft).

Other Word Forms

• nearshoring noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of nearshore¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; near + shore ¹

Example Sentences

Nearshore fishing was good, but there were no breadfruit trees, no church, no school, and only one plywood structure to shield older islanders from the elements.

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"Marine heatwaves and warmer ocean waters likely worsened the Sea Star Wasting Syndrome pandemic and young kelp tends to grow better in colder water. As a result, there was less drift kelp available for urchins to feed on in the nearshore system," Lisa Hildebrand said.

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Previous research in the area indicates that blooms of cannonball jellyfish occur nearshore in the South Atlantic Bight primarily during the spring, which coincides with leatherbacks overwintering and nesting stages of their migration cycle.

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A concrete bulkhead like this one increases wave erosion, starves the beach for upland sediment, and destroys beach spawning habitat for forage fish and the larger nearshore environment for salmon.

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In addition to the natural function of the nearshore, now permanently damaged, the defendants admitted the construction project resulted in the death of Chinook salmon, according to a declaration by attorney John R. Spencer of Tacoma on behalf of the defendants.

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