fishery

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fishery

/ˈfɪʃəɹi/

noun fisheries

uncountable Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
countable, uncountable A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground (for example, a territorial one). the collapse of the fisheries
countable, uncountable A place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.
countable, uncountable A place where fish or other seafood are processed: a seafood factory.
countable A right to fish in a particular location, such as territorial fishing waters.
Similar: fishing right, piscary, piscage
countable A fishing company.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: piscary, fisherman, fisher, fishing, angler, bait, angling, piscine, whaling, fishes, fish, pilchard, crab, marlin, harvesting, harvest

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noun fishing

한국어	어업 eo'eop, 수산업 susaneop
日本語	漁業 gyogyō, 水産業 suisangyō
中文	漁業 /渔业 yúyè, 水產業 /水产业 shuǐchǎnyè
हिन्दी	मत्स्य पालन matsya pālan
Português	pesca
Français	pêcherie
Deutsch	Fischerei
Ελληνικά	ψάρεμα psárema, αλίευση alíefsi, αλιεία alieía
Română	pescărie
Русский	рыболо́вство rybolóvstvo
Tiếng Việt	công nghiệp cá, nghề cá, ngư nghiệp

noun place related to fishing

Português	pesqueiro
Français	pêcherie
Ελληνικά	αλιευτική ζώνη alieftikí zóni, ψαρότοπος psarótopos
Tiếng Việt	ngư trường
العربية	مَصْيَدَة maṣyada

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@misc{fishery_2026,
  title = {fishery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fishery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}