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Definition of Fishery
1. Noun. A workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold.
Specialized synonyms: Pearl Fishery
Generic synonyms: Work, Workplace
Derivative terms: Fish
Definition of Fishery
1. n. The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.
Definition of Fishery
1. Noun. the catching, processing and marketing of fish, shellfish etc ¹
2. Noun. a place where fish etc are caught or processed ¹
3. Noun. a fishing company ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fishery
1. a place for catching fish [n -ERIES]
Medical Definition of Fishery
1. 1. The business or practice of catching fish; fishing. 2. A place for catching fish. 3. The right to take fish at a certain place, or in particular waters. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fishery
Literary usage of Fishery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"in depth. Voyages continue two to six weeks. —The winter haddock fishery ...
The Grand bank cod- fishery is participated in by vessels from numerous New ..."
2. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum by Bernard Barham Woodward (1904)
"[Herring and Pilchard fishery.] Report respecting the British Herring Fisheries
... [Herring and Pilchard fishery.] Evidence of the Royal Commission on the ..."
3. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"The Dutch whale fishery disappeared in the early part of the present century ;
the French whale fishery is only maintained by bounties taken from the ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"A several fishery means an exclusive right to fish in a given place, ...
Decisions also establish that a grant of " fishery " will prima facie pass an ..."
5. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"To remedy the conflict between Article 6 of the above-mentioned Herring
fishery (Scotland) Act, 1889, and the requirements of International Law, ..."
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