Fisheries

Synonyms for "fisheries" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
fisheries industryfisheries science

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
fisheryfishery management

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)
fishery sectorfishing industrylocal fisheryregional fishery

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries
economic activitygeographic regionindustrypolicyresource domainscience

More specific

7 entries
artisanal fisherycommercial fisheryindustrial fisherymulti stock fisheryquota policysingle stock fisherystock assessment

Collocations

6 entries
artisanal fisheriescommercial fisheriesfisheries managementfisheries policyfisheries resourcessustainable fisheries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Abalone once supported important commercial and recreational fisheries in California, but the impacts of overfishing and disease have prompted the listing of two species of abalone, white and black, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

Source: tatoeba (6604222)

Pacific leatherbacks face significant threats from entanglement and/or hooking in fisheries (bycatch), direct harvest - including eggs and adults - coastal development, pollution, marine debris, disease and climate change.

Source: tatoeba (6604237)

Threats to marine bird populations worldwide include competition for food with fisheries; entanglement in fishing gear; ingestion of marine debris and disturbance of roosting and breeding birds by watercraft, aircraft, humans and introduced species (especially cats, rats and foxes), environmental pollution and oil spills.

Source: tatoeba (6604344)

Seabirds are impacted by a variety of human-related activities including oil spills, fisheries interactions, contaminants, disturbances, and habitat destruction.

Source: tatoeba (6679486)

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