shellfishery

Meanings

nounshellfishery (countable and uncountable, plural shellfisheries)

countableuncountableA place where shellfish are caught or processed.
It may come as a surprise that there is a shellfishery worth defending in New York City waters.
2007 July 5, Andy Newman, “Raritan Bay Border War Flares Anew Over Clams”, in New York Times
uncountableThe catching of shellfish.

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