Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The industry or occupation devoted to the catching, processing, or selling of fish, shellfish, or other aquatic animals.
- noun A place where fish or other aquatic animals are caught.
- noun A fishing business.
- noun A hatchery for fish.
- noun The legal right to fish in specified waters or areas.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The exercise of the right to fish; a fishing venture or season.
- noun The business of catching fish; the fishing industry.
- noun In law, a right of fishing in certain waters.
- noun A place where fish are regularly caught, or other products of the sea or rivers are taken from the water by fishing, diving, dredging, etc.: as, a salmon-fishery; a pearl-fishery; the fisheries of the coast.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.
- noun A place for catching fish.
- noun (Law) The right to take fish at a certain place, or in particular waters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable the
catching ,processing andmarketing offish ,shellfish etc - noun countable a place where fish etc are caught or processed
- noun countable a fishing
company
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
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Examples
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Alas, the fishery is a pale ghost of its former glory.
Think Progress » Drilling Is Not The Solution To Create Jobs And Reduce Reliance On Foreign Oil 2010
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Let me state clearly that the fishery is the backbone of our economy and it will be the foundation on which the economic and social life of Newfoundland will depend for generations to come.
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But in the 1990s the fluke fishery from the Carolinas up to Maine was decimated.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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But in the 1990s the fluke fishery from the Carolinas up to Maine was decimated.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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But in the 1990s the fluke fishery from the Carolinas up to Maine was decimated.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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But in the 1990s the fluke fishery from the Carolinas up to Maine was decimated.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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I feel that the comm'l fishery is wasted on the majority of the permit holders (there are approximately 4000 +/-) who are not fisheries income dependent, but are looking to subsidize a very expensive hobby.
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But in the 1990s the fluke fishery from the Carolinas up to Maine was decimated.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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I feel that the comm'l fishery is wasted on the majority of the permit holders (there are approximately 4000 +/-) who are not fisheries income dependent, but are looking to subsidize a very expensive hobby.
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But in the 1990s the fluke fishery from the Carolinas up to Maine was decimated.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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