game fish
noun
1
: a fish of a family (Salmonidae) including salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes
2
: sport fish
especially
: a fish made a legal catch by law
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Some of the largest threats include climate change and fish introductions -- both by invasive species or game fish stocking, scientists say.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
Tuna, dorado, and other game fish will still be legally harvested and weighed at the Costa Rica tournament next April, while all billfish will be released, logged, and scored according to a points system.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 17 July 2025
By the late 1980s, amid concerns that the species was being overfished, it was declared a game fish.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
Southern Californians have been warned that more than 90 percent of popular game fish have been found to contain invasive, parasitic worms that can infect humans.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
Tuna, dorado, and other game fish will still be legally harvested and weighed at the Costa Rica tournament next April, while all billfish will be released, logged, and scored according to a points system.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 17 July 2025
By the late 1980s, amid concerns that the species was being overfished, it was declared a game fish.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
Southern Californians have been warned that more than 90 percent of popular game fish have been found to contain invasive, parasitic worms that can infect humans.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for game fish
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“Game fish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/game%20fish. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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