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fisheries
Variant of fishery
noun pl. fisheries
- the business of catching, packing, or selling fish, or lobsters, shrimp, etc.
- a place where fish, etc. are caught; fishing ground
- the legal right to catch fish in certain waters or at certain times
- a place where fish are bred
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