Definition of Fisheries

1. Noun. (plural of fishery) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fisheries

1. fishery [n] - See also: fishery

Medical Definition of Fisheries

1. Places for cultivation and harvesting of fish, particularly in sea waters. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fisheries

fishburgers
fishcake
fishcakes
fishcatcher
fishcatchers
fisheater
fished
fisher
fisher's exact test
fisher cat
fisher cats
fisherboy
fisherboys
fisherfolk
fisherfolks
fisheries (current term)
fisherman
fisherman's bend
fisherman's knot
fisherman's knots
fisherman's lure
fishermen
fisherpeople
fisherperson
fisherpersons
fishers
fisherwoman
fisherwomen
fishery
fishes

Literary usage of Fisheries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"Correspondence relating to the fisheries question, 1885-88. ... Derby (EH) Report on colonial trade and fisheries in the British provinces, 1869. (US 40. ..."

2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Efforts of state to Improve and protect inland fisheries. ... Opinion of US comr. of fish and fisheries on cause of rapid diminution of supply of food ..."

3. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1922)
"Dominant position of New England in American fisheries prior to 1789,. ... Development of New England fisheries during the seventeenth century, 148. ..."

4. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"So if it is advisable to restrict and regulate the fisheries on some parts ... Such treaties have been concluded—first, with regard to the fisheries in the ..."

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