fisheries

Noun

fishery (countable and uncountable, plural fisheries)

1. (uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
2. A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground (for example, a territorial one).
   • the collapse of the fisheries
3. A place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.
4. A place where fish or other seafood are processed: a seafood factory.
5. (countable) A right to fish in a particular location, such as territorial fishing waters.

   Synonyms:

   fishing right, piscary, piscage

6. (countable) A fishing company.