fishery

[ fish-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural fish·er·ies.

1. a place where fish are bred; fish hatchery.
2. a place where fish or shellfish are caught.
3. the occupation or industry of catching, processing, or selling fish or shellfish.
4. Law. the right to fish in certain waters or at certain times.

fishery

/ ˈfɪʃərɪ /

noun

1. 1. the industry of catching, processing, and selling fish
   2. a place where this is carried on
2. a place where fish are reared
3. a fishing ground
4. another word for piscary

Word History and Origins

Origin of fishery¹

First recorded in 1520–30; fish + -ery ( def )

Example Sentences

The ability to measure productivity and how it’s changing in a warming world could not only inform scientists about ocean health, but could also impact the operation of fisheries and people whose livelihoods depend on the sea.

From Popular-Science

This process is called upwelling and results in the richest fisheries in the world.

From Nautilus

The waters off Bridlington, UK, and nearby along the Holderness coast make up the largest lobster fishery in Europe.

From Quartz

So that was the moment from a community-based fishery or nationally-based fishery, to a global-industrial fishery.

From Freakonomics

As far as harm on actual fisheries, the Madison is an interesting river.

From Popular-Science

The credits relieved the sailors and owners of tariffs, essentially tax payments they had to make on supplies for the fishery.

From The Daily Beast

Close behind is California Set Gillnet Fishery, where 65 percent of animals caught are thrown away.

From The Daily Beast

This rule put management of the pollock fishery in the context of the ecosystem.

From The Daily Beast

Even modest fishery harvests influence the health of ocean ecosystems.

From The Daily Beast

What does the story of Alaska pollock tell us about maintaining a more sustainable fishery?

From The Daily Beast

A ship will sail for the South Sea fishery in about five weeks, and will engage to take the whole of the engines.

From Project Gutenberg

There are an extensive mackerel and herring fishery, and motor engineering works.

From Project Gutenberg

The Colchester oyster beds are mainly in this part of the Colne, and the oyster fishery is the chief industry.

From Project Gutenberg

The fur-seal fishery is an important industry, though apparently a declining one.

From Project Gutenberg

Pass by the other parts, and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery.

From Project Gutenberg

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