Definitions for fishery

fishery fish·er·y

Spelling: [fish-uh-ree]
IPA: /ˈfɪʃ ə ri/

Fishery is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in fishery (efhirsy).

Definitions for fishery

noun

  1. a place where fish are bred; fish hatchery.
  2. a place where fish or shellfish are caught.
  3. the occupation or industry of catching, processing, or selling fish or shellfish.
  4. Law. the right to fish in certain waters or at certain times.

Origin of fishery

First recorded in 1520-30; fish + -ery

Examples for fishery

There were the fishery huts and the men curing and drying fish.

Many of the inhabitants are employed in the fishery along the shores.

Re-establishing this fishery was a prime concern of Jefferson.

The credits relieved the sailors and owners of tariffs, essentially tax payments they had to make on supplies for the fishery.

I'm glad to get away alive from the decaying millions of oysters at the fishery.

In the fishery, they usually go by the generic name of Gay-Headers.

Our exclusion from the fishery, would only be beneficial to England.

Consequently, only a limited number are allowed to take part in the fishery.

Management of the fishery is intertwined with the profitability of the fishing industry and politics of power.

The Eastern States may claim it for their fishery, and for other objects, as the Southn.

Word Value for fishery
Scrable

16

Words with friends

14

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