Definition of fishery
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
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Recent Examples of fishery from the Web
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EEA members are fully integrated into the EU’s single market for most goods and services, but not for agriculture and fisheries.
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The apparent reversal comes as a result of passionate lobbying on the part of industries that rely on seasonal foreign labor, like fisheries, tourism, construction, and landscaping.
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Unlike many fisheries around the world, Maine's lobster beds are thriving in part because the fishermen long ago set strict limits on the size they're allowed to keep.
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As reported in The Washington Post and on a NOAA blog, research cruises by NOAA fisheries have encountered unusually large numbers of the organisms off Oregon since last winter.
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The answer is yes—because organizers fly in over 16 tons of live lobsters from a sustainable fishery in the Gulf of Maine.
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Adriance said timing the closure to reach but not exceed the quota is more a fine art than a science because agency biologists receive harvest data from their fisheries-dependent program, called LA Creel, that's nine to 11 days old.
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No fisheries have closed as a result of this incident, but a nearby cannery suspended purchase of fish from the area of the grounding as a precaution.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration oversees the nation’s Southeast Fisheries from this three-story building on Virginia Key built in 1965.
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First Known Use of fishery
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FISHERY Defined for English Language Learners
fishery
playDefinition of fishery for English Language Learners
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: a part of the ocean where fish and other sea creatures are caught
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: a business that catches and sells fish
FISHERY Defined for Kids
fishery
playDefinition of fishery for Students
fisheries
1 : the business of catching, processing, and selling fish
2 : a place for catching fish saltwater fisheries
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