noun (plural fisheries)
1 a part of the sea or a river where fish are caught in large quantities:
a herring / tuna fishery * coastal / freshwater fisheries
2 = FISHFARM:
a trout fishery
3 the business or industry of catching fish:
the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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