fishery
fishery — 名詞
- fisherysingular
- fisheriesplural
1. a place in the ocean, a river, or a lake where people catch large quantities of
漁場
捕撈魚類的特定水域
a place in the ocean, a river, or a lake where people catch large quantities of fish to sell as a business
The cold waters off the coast of Iceland support one of the world's richest fisheries.
冰島外海寒冷的水域孕育了世界上最豐富的漁場之一。
collocation: rich fishery / support a fishery
The government closed the salmon fishery along the Fraser River to protect the declining fish population.
政府關閉了弗雷澤河的鮭魚漁場，以保護數量逐漸減少的魚群。
collocation: close a fishery + reason
Amina's grandfather worked in the herring fishery off the coast of Norway for more than forty years.
Amina 的祖父在挪威外海的鯡魚漁場工作了四十多年。
Strict rules now control how many boats can operate in the North Sea fishery each season.
嚴格的規定現在限制了每個季節能在北海漁場作業的船隻數量。
- fishing ground
More specific to the physical location in the water; often used in nautical contexts ('rich fishing grounds off Newfoundland')
- fishing area
Broader and less technical; can describe any water body where fishing happens, not necessarily commercial ('a popular fishing area for tourists')
- fishing waters
Emphasises the water itself rather than the business operation; often used in legal or regulatory language ('territorial fishing waters')
文法句型
adjective + fishery
fishery + verb
in/off + [place name] + fishery
用法筆記
Often used in the plural form (fisheries) even when referring to a single large area. A fishery is defined by the location and the fish species being caught together, so 'the cod fisheries of the North Atlantic' refers to several distinct fishing grounds.