fishery

English

Etymology

fish +‎ -ery

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃəɹi/

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Noun

fishery (countable and uncountable, plural fisheries)

2. (uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
4. (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.
6. (countable) A right to fish in a particular location; Territorial fishing waters.
8. (countable) A fishing company.

Synonyms

• (fishing): See fishing
• (place to capture fish): fishing ground, fishing space, piscary
• (place to raise fish): See fish farm
• (right to capture fish): fishing right, piscary, piscage

Derived terms

• several fishery

 

Translations

fishing

• Aromanian: piscãrilji f
• Bulgarian: риболов (bg) m (ribolov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漁業／渔业 (zh) (yúyè), 水產業／水产业 (zh) (shuǐchǎnyè)

• Danish: fiskeri (da) n
• Finnish: kalastus (fi) (catching); kalatalous (fi) (industry as a whole)
• French: pêcherie (fr) f
• Galician: pesca (gl) f
• German: Fischerei (de) f
• Greek: ψάρεμα (el) n (psárema), αλίευση (el) f (alíefsi), αλιεία (el) f (alieía)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 漁業 (ja) (ぎょぎょう, gyogyō), 水産業 (ja) (すいさんぎょう, suisangyō)
• Kazakh: балық аулау кәсібі (balyq aulau käsıbı), балықшылық (balyqşylyq)
• Korean: 어업(漁業) (ko) (eo'eop), 수산업(水產業) (ko) (susaneop)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fiskeri (no) n

  Nynorsk: fiskeri n

• Polish: rybołówstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: pesca (pt) f
• Romanian: pescărie (ro) f
• Russian: рыболо́вство (ru) n (rybolóvstvo)
• Tagalog: pangisdaan
• Turkish: balıkçılık (tr)
• Ukrainian: риба́льство n (rybálʹstvo)
• Vietnamese: công nghiệp cá, nghề cá, ngư nghiệp (vi)

place related to fishing

• Arabic: مَصْيَدَة f (maṣyada)
• Bulgarian: риболовен район m (riboloven rajon)
• Catalan: peixatera (ca) f
• Finnish: kalapaikka (fi), kalastusalue (fi), kalavedet, apaja (fi) (place for catching); kalankasvattamo (fi), kalanviljelylaitos (fi) (fish farm); kalankäsittelylaitos, kalatehdas (fi) (place for processing)
• French: pêcherie (fr) f
• Galician: pesqueira f
• Greek: αλιευτική ζώνη f (alieftikí zóni), ψαρότοπος (el) m (psarótopos)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: iascaireacht f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fiskeri (no) n

  Nynorsk: fiskeri n

• Portuguese: pesqueiro (pt) m
• Vietnamese: ngư trường (vi)
• Welsh: pysgodfa f, pysgodle m

fishing company

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: fiskeri (da) n
• Finnish: kalastusyritys
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fiskeri (no) n

  Nynorsk: fiskeri n

• Turkish: balıkçılık (tr)