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The Commercial Fishing Industry English for Economists | Economic News and English Expressions
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Today's podcast takes a look at some vocabulary you can use to talk about the commercial fishing industry.
Fishery: the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish.
Wild fishery: a natural body of water with a fish or other aquatic animal population that can be harvested for its commercial value.
Freshwater fishery: Fishery in ponds, reservoirs, lakes, rivers, and other inland waterways. The opposite of freshwater is salty water, by the way.
Ocean fisheries: Fishery in the oceans, in saltwater.
Aquaculture: Basically, it is farming in water. Aquaculture is breeding, raising, and harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants. Related words are are fish farming and pisciculture.
Fishing season: The legally established time period when fishing is allowed.
Fishing quota: An assigned share of a fish catch by weight to an individual or enterprise. Authorities try to prevent overfishing by establishing fishing quotas.
Bycatch: is a fish or other marine species that is caught unintentionally while fishing for specific species.
Factory ship: ship accompanying a group of fishing vessels known as a fishing fleet, with facilities to process the catch.
Fish meal: ground dried fish used as fertilizer or animal feed.
Overfishing: the practice of catching fish faster than they can reproduce.
Moratorium on fishing: This is a ban on fishing, or in other words, a temporary or permanent stop to fishing.
Today's podcast takes a look at some vocabulary you can use to talk about the commercial fishing industry.
Fishery: the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish.
Wild fishery: a natural body of water with a fish or other aquatic animal population that can be harvested for its commercial value.
Freshwater fishery: Fishery in ponds, reservoirs, lakes, rivers, and other inland waterways. The opposite of freshwater is salty water, by the way.
Ocean fisheries: Fishery in the oceans, in saltwater.
Aquaculture: Basically, it is farming in water. Aquaculture is breeding, raising, and harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants. Related words are are fish farming and pisciculture.
Fishing season: The legally established time period when fishing is allowed.
Fishing quota: An assigned share of a fish catch by weight to an individual or enterprise. Authorities try to prevent overfishing by establishing fishing quotas.
Bycatch: is a fish or other marine species that is caught unintentionally while fishing for specific species.
Factory ship: ship accompanying a group of fishing vessels known as a fishing fleet, with facilities to process the catch.
Fish meal: ground dried fish used as fertilizer or animal feed.
Overfishing: the practice of catching fish faster than they can reproduce.
Moratorium on fishing: This is a ban on fishing, or in other words, a temporary or permanent stop to fishing.
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