ˈfish(ə)rē, -ri noun
( -es )
Etymology: fish (II) + -ery
1. : the act, process, occupation, or season of taking fish or other sea products : fishing
the golden age of the whale fishery
also : the catch of a specified fish or sea product
the menhaden fishery for the year
2. : a place for catching fish or taking other sea products
an oyster fishery
a salmon fishery
3. : a fishing establishment ; also : its group of fishermen
4. : the legal right to take fish at a certain place or in particular waters especially by drawing a seine or net — see common fishery , free fishery , several fishery
5. : the technology of fishery : a branch of knowledge concerned with the methods and economics of fishery and the utilization and preservation of fish resources — usually used in plural
a number of schools of fisheries have been established