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Fisheries

Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.

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noun
  1. 1

    Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.

  2. 2

    A place related to fishing, particularly:

  3. 3

    A right to fish in a particular location; Territorial fishing waters.

  4. 4

    A fishing company.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fisheries"

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anglersnounA person who fishes with a hook and line.
anglingnounA form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.
bunsnoun(Canada, US, euphemistic, childish) The buttocks.
catchnoun(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
catchesnoun(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
catchingnounThe action of the verb catch.
cofinoun
dfonounInitialism of diesel fuel oil.
farmersnounA person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
fishnoun(countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
fishedverb(rare) Containing or loaded with fish.
fishermannounA fisher, a person engaged in fishing:
fishermennounA fisher, a person engaged in fishing:
fishersnounA person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
fishesnounplural of fish
fishingnoun(uncountable) The act of catching fish.
fiskenounA surname.
fly-fishverbTo fish using a fly (fishing lure) as bait.
gearnoun(uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
harvestnoun(agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.

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