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fishing station 
1 Hist. a commercial fishing establishment operating seasonally in a remote area, often equipped with dressing and packing facilities.
See also: fish camp (def. 2)
- 1832 There are only seven of these islands which are in any way capable of settlement, and that only with the chief purpose of fishing stations.
- 1927 . . . in 1850 . . . the Company used the island [San Juan Island] as a fishing station, putting up annually two or three thousand barrels of salmon.
- 1955 Apparently the French had used the harbour [Renews, once Rougenoust] as a fishing station as early as 1506.
2 Obs. a place to angle for game fish.
- 1872 Two miles over rough waters are the Round Rocks, which is a very fair fishing station when the river is high and the fish are running.
- 1832 There are only seven of these islands which are in any way capable of settlement, and that only with the chief purpose of fishing stations.