fishery
noun
fish·ery
ˈfi-shə-rē 
plural fisheries
1
: the occupation, industry, or season of taking fish or other sea animals (such as sponges, shrimp, or seals) : fishing
2
: a place for catching fish or taking other sea animals
4
: the legal right to take fish at a particular place or in particular waters
5
: the technology of fishery
—usually used in plural
Examples of fishery in a Sentence
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As new funding is put in place, California’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery will hopefully be able to continue operations in areas that would otherwise be closed to protect marine life from entanglement.
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Francine Kershaw, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
Fishermen who have spent years touting the sustainability of the fishery are pulling for approval, said Darrell Young, a director of the Maine Elver Fishermen Association.
—Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
Yurok tribal member and fisheries director Barry McCovey was amazed at how fast the river and the lands surrounding the Copco dam were revealed.
—The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) reports commercial fisheries kill more than 100 million sharks per year.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
After a stretch of the Merced River ran dry during the severe drought in the summer and early fall of 2022, federal fisheries officials urged the state water board to investigate and take steps to prevent the dewatering of the river.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Green River, Utah The A and B Sections of the Green River, below the tiny hamlet of Dutch John, Utah, and the Flaming Gorge Dam, generate most of the press for this famous fishery.
—Tim Romano, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024
Maine has had an elver fishery for decades, but the state's eels became more valuable in the early 2010s, in part, because foreign sources dried up.
—Patrick Whittle, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
So fisheries sell and ship the fish to aquaculture buyers in China, who raise the eels to maturity over about a two-year period in tanks.
—Anne Field, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Francine Kershaw, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
Fishermen who have spent years touting the sustainability of the fishery are pulling for approval, said Darrell Young, a director of the Maine Elver Fishermen Association.
—Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
Yurok tribal member and fisheries director Barry McCovey was amazed at how fast the river and the lands surrounding the Copco dam were revealed.
—The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) reports commercial fisheries kill more than 100 million sharks per year.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
After a stretch of the Merced River ran dry during the severe drought in the summer and early fall of 2022, federal fisheries officials urged the state water board to investigate and take steps to prevent the dewatering of the river.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Green River, Utah The A and B Sections of the Green River, below the tiny hamlet of Dutch John, Utah, and the Flaming Gorge Dam, generate most of the press for this famous fishery.
—Tim Romano, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024
Maine has had an elver fishery for decades, but the state's eels became more valuable in the early 2010s, in part, because foreign sources dried up.
—Patrick Whittle, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
So fisheries sell and ship the fish to aquaculture buyers in China, who raise the eels to maturity over about a two-year period in tanks.
—Anne Field, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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fishery
noun
fish·ery
ˈfish-(ə-)rē
plural fisheries
1
: the activity or business of fishing
2
: a place or establishment for catching fish
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