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[ fish-uh-ree ] / ˈfɪʃ ə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fishery ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural fish·er·ies.a place where fish are bred; fish hatchery. a place where fish or shellfish are caught. the occupation or industry of catching, processing, or selling fish or shellfish. Law. the right to fish in certain waters or at certain times. Origin of fisheryFirst recorded in 1520–30; fish + -ery Words nearby fisheryfisherman, fisherman's bend, fisherman's knot, fisherman's ring, fisherwoman, fishery, Fishes, fisheye, fisheye lens, fish farm, fishfinger Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fisheryThe credits relieved the sailors and owners of tariffs, essentially tax payments they had to make on supplies for the fishery. A Founding Father Profit Sharing Fix for Inequality|Joseph Blasi|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Management of the fishery is intertwined with the profitability of the fishing industry and politics of power. The Big Idea: Saving the World’s Most Important Fish|Kevin M. Bailey|August 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST This place was called Chester, after the man who owned the fishery there. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast|Victor Appleton It is given over now to some small buildings connected with the fishery, which is very valuable. The Charm of Ireland|Burton Egbert Stevenson
While eating this, various questions were put as to the success of the fishery. The Buffalo Runners|R.M. Ballantyne With him we make the fall fishery and shoot our winter's supply of waveys and southward-flying cranes. The New North|Agnes Deans Cameron They are especially adapted to the winter fishery, as they are good sailers and ride out the storms easily. The Lobster Fishery of Maine.|John N. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for fishery
noun plural -eries- the industry of catching, processing, and selling fish
- a place where this is carried on
a place where fish are reared a fishing ground another word for piscary (def. 2) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fisheryshooting, angling, fishing, sporting, trapping, stalking, coursing, hawking, fowling, falconry, venery |