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What does fishery mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word fishery? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
  2. (countable) A place related to fishing, particularly:
    1. A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground.
    2. A place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.
    3. A place where fish or other seafood are processed: a seafood factory.
  3. (countable) A right to fish in a particular location.
  4. (countable) A fishing company.
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We talk of the value of the fishery, purchasing freezer trawlers, chartering longliners, and landing fish in various locations.
Yet, the only response by this Government has been to compound the problem by setting unsustainable quotas on a diminishing salmon fishery.
Ben, you see, has been promised a job as the water bailiff if they get planning permission to turn the quarry into a trout fishery.
Plans to extend the fishery are well advanced and it is hoped to commence work in the next few weeks.
The overall value of the fishery will continue to attract a great deal of interest from those not resident in the north.
With so many people here involved in the fishery, they tend to have a great respect for the terns, and for nature in general.

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