shellfishery
[ shel-fish-uh-ree ]
noun,plural shell·fish·er·ies.
the industry and commerce of catching, processing, and selling shellfish; raising shellfish for commercial purposes.
a commercial shellfish bed.
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How to use shellfishery in a sentence
It is as strikingly shown in the decline of our shellfisheries.
A Report upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts | Commissioners on Fisheries and GameIn colonial days the resources of the shellfisheries were apparently inexhaustible.
A Report upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts | Commissioners on Fisheries and GameThis idea has caused great harm to the shellfisheries, stimulating men to wreck certain localities by overfishing.
A Report upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts | Commissioners on Fisheries and GameThe theory of public ownership of shellfisheries has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
A Report upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts | Commissioners on Fisheries and GameOwing to the present chaotic condition of the shellfisheries, it has been impossible to obtain absolutely exact data.
A Report upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts | Commissioners on Fisheries and Game
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