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fishery

[fish-uh-ree] / ˈfɪʃ ə ri /


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But no yellow eels will be caught on the Lough this year - or for the next two years - following the closure of the fishery.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

“The loss of an egg-bearing female lobster can have a substantial impact on the health of the lobster fishery and directly impacts legal anglers,” the department wrote in the Facebook post.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Fishing for the invasive blue catfish in the Potomac downstream of D.C. has skyrocketed in recent years, and there is concern about how the fishery will be affected.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

Over the last two years, the value of the commercial shrimp fishery has fallen to $269 million in 2023 and $256 million in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2026

One abundant and widely ranging species supports the entire commercial fishery of the southern Atlantic and Gulf states.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The program is “almost universally believed to be broken,” said Anthony Rogers, senior fisheries economics and climate fellow at the Ocean Conservancy.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

"Lamu's mangroves, coral reefs and seagrass beds are not expendable. They support fisheries, livelihoods and coastal protection," the NGO said.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

They found a guy who did an ad against some Norwegian salmon commercial fisheries, realized he was cut straight from central casting, and that’s how we got Graham Platner.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

The fishing: The upper Potomac River near Leesburg is one of the more underrated fisheries on the East Coast, known for its smallmouth bass.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Harvests brought up from the deep by the haenyeo accounted for 60 percent of Jeju’s total revenue from its fisheries, and haenyeo women became the main revenue-earners in their families.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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