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fishery

• 1 † n. the fishing business or industry.

  • c1860  (1953)  Such constant strain might crack the brain; / the fishery game I'm leavin'.
  • 1765  A Practice, for some Time, has been carried on by Fisher-men and others . . . of throwing the Offals of the Fish on the said Fishing-Banks and other places, to the great prejudice of the Fishery.
  • 1958  [Caption] The salmon is today the basis of the nation's most valuable commercial fishery.

• 2 n. an area for fishing, often including buildings, sometimes held on lease.

  See also: fishing-berth  fishing post  

  • 1807  Labrador Fiefs and Fisheries for sale.
  • 1946  There was the island to the west, back of which was the fishery. There were old fishermen's huts and ruins of log buildings at the fishery . . . .
  • 1958  With the advance of settlement . . . some of these [northern] fisheries were depleted.

• 3 n. an organized effort to catch fish in quantity.

  • 1807  (1820)  We sent people to the other end of this lake, to make a fall fishery. They will take whitefish, trout, pike, carp, [etc.].
  • 1952  The Mackenzie River has sufficient fish for local use . . . [and] important "fisheries" are held every fall at all settlements to catch enough fish for winter dog-feed.
  • 1956  A goldeye fishery was recently concluded at Lake Clare in the Wood Buffalo Park . . . .