Meaning of Fishery | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
   uncountable
2. A place related to fishing
   countable, uncountable
3. A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground (for example, a territorial one).
   countable, uncountable
4. A place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.
   countable, uncountable
5. A place where fish or other seafood are processed: a seafood factory.
   countable, uncountable
6. A right to fish in a particular location, such as territorial fishing waters.
   countable
7. A fishing company.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“the collapse of the fisheries”

“While the present conservation of Maryland fisheries is largely concerned with the oyster, which promises such great future returns, the foodfishes should not be neglected.”

“This fishery, which at its peak produced more than 80,000 tons a year, is now in decline.”

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