fishery
IPA: fˈɪʃɝi
noun
- (uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
- (countable) A place related to fishing
- A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground.
- A place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.
- A place where fish or other seafood are processed: a seafood factory.
- (countable) A right to fish in a particular location; Territorial fishing waters.
- (countable) A fishing company.
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Examples of "fishery" in Sentences
- The fishery ended in the late 1890s.
- The community survives primarily on the fishery.
- This was in the palmy days of the whale fishery.
- The major fishery in the Maldives is the tuna fishery.
- The important economic pillar of the village is the fishery.
- The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States are the biggest in the world.
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