Noun

(fisheries)

(senseid)(uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.

(senseid)(countable) A place related to fishing, particularly:

# A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground.

# A place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.

# A place where fish or other seafood are processed: a seafood factory.

(senseid)(countable) A right to fish in a particular location.

(senseid)(countable) A fishing company.

Noun

(fishermen)

A fisher, a person engaged in fishing:

# Any person who attempts to catch fish.

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{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2

, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman , but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}

# A person whose profession is catching fish.

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A boat used for commercial fishing.