fisheries

Variant of fishery

fishery definition

fish·ery (fis̸h′ər ē)

noun pl. fisheries -·er·ies

  1. the business of catching, packing, or selling fish, or lobsters, shrimp, etc.
  2. a place where fish, etc. are caught; fishing ground
  3. the legal right to catch fish in certain waters or at certain times
  4. a place where fish are bred

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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