| 释义 |
fish·ery
\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 > |