单词 | distant water |
释义 | > as lemmasdistant water distant water adj. designating fishing vessels operating outside their own territorial waters; of, relating to, or caught by such vessels. ΚΠ 1936 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 31 Mar. (2nd ed.) 8/1 On page five of the report it states, ‘Distant water fish have brought prejudice upon all classes of fish.’ 1958 Listener 3 July 6/1 The total catch of the distant-water fleet. 1960 Times 5 Feb. 5/1 The British distant-water fishermen are as vitally involved as anyone in the fishery limits dispute. 2008 Financial Times 26 Feb. 4/8 More than £42m has been paid out to 4.400 former trawlermen..to compensate them for the collapse of Britain's distant water fishing industry. 2021 telegraph.co.uk (Nexis) 2 June The Chinese fishery authorities introduced hard-hitting punishments for overfishing and illegal fishing by the distant water fishing fleet. < as lemmas |
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