How to Use fishery in a Sentence

fishery

noun
  • The Great Lakes have been known as a world-class salmon fishery ever since.
    jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • But Matych isn't worried only about re-creating the perch fishery.
    jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Then, the entire fishery had an early closure on July 20.
    Elizabeth Earl, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Aug. 2021
  • And the demand keeps growing, as does the supply, coming from the American fishery and from imports.
    New York Times, 23 Aug. 2021
  • And this could bolster the wild fishery, which, though carefully managed, has still had wide fluctuations in its catch (known as landings).
    New York Times, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Chinook are what recreational fishermen have wanted — and anglers pay the state fishery managers' bills.
    jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The impact is far-reaching, with disruptions to the lakes' food webs, fisheries and recreational opportunities.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The region’s once-lucrative red urchin fishery collapsed and received federal disaster relief.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2021
  • But fisheries biologists have been on the lookout out of concern for the multibillion-dollar Lake Michigan fishery.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Southeast crabbers get another go when the Dungeness fishery reopens on October 1.
    Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Holding bass the wrong way can hurt the fish and the fishery.
    Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
  • The essentials of the gill net fishery haven’t changed all that much over the decades.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Join the boats bobbing in the blue water and cast a line in one of the finest bass fisheries in Ontario.
    Molly McArdle, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Take these tips out to your local fishery and unlock the jaws of the post-spawn bass in your area.
    Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 1 May 2024
  • And so that leads to collapses and problems in the fisheries.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
  • At the top of the agenda is Lake Erie’s problem fishery, the yellow perch.
    cleveland, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The red king crab fishery was closed; the snow crab fishery cut to a tenth of the previous year’s take.
    Joshua A. Bickel, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • In fisheries, the effects of this could be far-reaching.
    Meredith Moore, Scientific American, 11 July 2024
  • Trollers are pulling up chinook salmon in a fishery that will close March 15.
    Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • And fishing has largely ceased in Rybinsk, the city once known as the fishery of the tsar.
    Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • And the fast pace of the trawl fishery has contributed to shorter seasons.
    Maggie Nelson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • No one knows what shrinking salmon size means for the future of this fishery.
    Miranda Weiss, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021
  • To put this in context, Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon is the largest wild salmon fishery in the world.
    Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • There are still some anglers engaged in the striped bass fishery.
    Dan Radel, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The new film focuses on the health of the oceans and the effects of industrial fisheries.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Now, a sense of panic is taking hold in the state's fisheries, which produce 60% of the nation's seafood.
    Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • This means that the fish oil used to make the supplement has been sourced from a sustainable fishery.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The one that causes the most concern among fisheries experts is the blue catfish.
    Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2024
  • In fact, the United States is the world’s second-biggest commercial fishery.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Georgia’s Coastal Resources Division has been building and improving artificial reefs meant to support fisheries and create wildlife habitat for more than four decades.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'fishery.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: