shore fishery

shore fishery
a fishery carried out in inshore or coastal waters in small boats, e.g. for cod in Newfoundland

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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  • French Shore — Canadian. either of two stretches of coastline inhabited mainly by Francophone Canadians: the W coast of Newfoundland and the SW coast of Nova Scotia between Yarmouth and Digby. * * * Area, coast of Newfoundland, Canada French fishermen were… …   Universalium

  • Cod fishery — Cod Cod, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo[ o]l.) An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inshore fishery — a fishery carried out near the shore in small, open boats and usually within territorial waters …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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