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Underfish

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overfishverb(ambitransitive) To fish (an area or a species) excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area.
fish outverb(idiomatic) To search for by rummaging, and then extract (an item from e.g. a container); to obtain.
outfishverb(transitive) To catch bigger (or more) fish than.
groundfishnoun(fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor
fishnoun(countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
sportfishnounAlternative form of sport fish. [fish providing sport for an angler]
electrofishverbTo take part in electrofishing.
overnetnoun(transitive) To cover with a net or netting.
minnownounAny small fish.
bag outverb(slang, Australia) to criticise someone
have other fish to fryverb(idiomatic) To have more important things to do.
set netverbTo fish using a set net.
trawlnounA net or dragnet used for trawling.
freelineverb(fishing) To fish with a simple hook and bait, without floats, sinkers, etc.
icefishnounAny member of notothenioid family Channichthyidae; these Antarctic fishes are named for the lack of hemoglobin in their blood
fly-fishverbTo fish using a fly (fishing lure) as bait.
counterilluminateverb(of a fish) To use photophores on the underside of the body so as to hide a dark silhouette that would otherwise be seen from below by predators
blackfishnounA pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.) and occasionally also used for various other whales).
driftnetnounAlternative spelling of drift net. [(fishing) A very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat.]
swordfishnounA large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.

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