fishery

plural fisheries

1. uncountableFishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
2. A place related to fishing
   1. countableuncountableA place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground (for example, a territorial one).

      the collapse of the fisheries

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      While the present conservation of Maryland fisheries is largely concerned with the oyster, which promises such great future returns, the foodfishes should not be neglected.

      1904, “Report of the Conservation commission of Maryland for 1908-1909”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), number 3

      This fishery, which at its peak produced more than 80,000 tons a year, is now in decline.

      1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 May 2015

      The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) later evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC) – under which the member states established a common market, and worked to harmonize their policies on everything from agriculture and fisheries to monetary policy.

      2012 September 6, Bryony Jones, “Why is unity so important to Europe?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2016

   2. countableuncountableA place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.
   3. countableuncountableA place where fish or other seafood are processed: a seafood factory.
3. countableA right to fish in a particular location, such as territorial fishing waters.

   Synonyms: fishing right, piscary, piscage

4. countableA fishing company.