Quantity+of+fish+caught

  • 1Live food fish trade — The live food fish trade is a global system that links fishing communities with markets, primarily in Hong Kong and mainland China. Many of the fish are captured on coral reefs in Southeast Asia or the Pacific Island nations.Consumer demandLive… …

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  • 2black fish —    commercially caught fish sold illegally    In attempts to conserve fishing stocks, limits are set on the size, quantity, and species of fish which may be sold. Unfortunately a trawl cannot be programmed to be selective, and excess or forbidden …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 3tuna fish — Tuna Tu na, n. [Cf. {Tunny}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the mackerel family {Scombridae}, especially the {bluefin tuna} ({Thunnus thynnus}, formerly {Orcynus thynnus} or {Albacora thynnus}),… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Halibut — This article is about the flatfish species; for the United States Navy ships named Halibut see USS Halibut. Halibut tend to be a mottled brown on their upward facing side and white on their downside Halibut is a flatfish, genus Hippoglossus, from …

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  • 5catch — I. v. a. 1. Grasp, seize, snatch, clutch, gripe, grasp, lay hold of, fasten upon. 2. Arrest, apprehend, capture. 3. Overtake, come up with. 4. Ensnare, entrap, entangle. 5. Captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate, bewitch, win. 6. Take (as a… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 6fishing pressure — 1) quantity of fish caught per hectare 2) a measure of resource use by anglers, e.g. number of angler hours, party hours, boat hours, trips on the water. Also called fishing effort 3) the effect of angling on a fish population …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 7pressure — 1) quantity of fish caught per hectare (fishing pressure) 2) a measure of resource use by anglers, e.g. number of angler hours, party hours, boat hours, trips on the water. Also called fishing effort …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 8draft — draftable, adj. drafter, n. /draft, drahft/, n. 1. a drawing, sketch, or design. 2. a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying, etc. 3. act of drawing; delineation. 4. a current of air in any enclosed space, esp. in… …

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  • 9fare — I. v. n. 1. Go, pass, travel, journey. 2. Be situated (with respect to what may be fall one), be treated, prosper, prove, happen, turn out. 3. Feed, be entertained. II. n. 1. Charge (for conveyance of a person), passage money, price of a ticket.… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 10draft — [[t]dræft, drɑft[/t]] n. 1) a drawing, sketch, or design 2) a preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, refinement, etc 3) the act of drawing 4) a current of air in any enclosed space, esp. in a room or chimney 5) a device for… …

    From formal English to slang