right of fishery

  • 1right of fishery — See fishery …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 2fishery — Business or process of catching, processing, or selling fish. A hatchery or place for catching fish. A right or liberty of taking fish at a particular place or waters. A species of incorporeal hereditament, anciently termed piscary, of which… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 3fishery — Business or process of catching, processing, or selling fish. A hatchery or place for catching fish. A right or liberty of taking fish at a particular place or waters. A species of incorporeal hereditament, anciently termed piscary, of which… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 4fishery — In common usage, a place for fishing. In a legal sense, a right, other than one arising from ownership of a particular shore or beach, to employ within a particular stretch of water, lawful means for the taking of fish which may be found there.… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 5Fishery — Fish er*y, n.; pl. {Fisheries}. 1. The business or practice of catching fish; fishing. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. A place for catching fish. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) The right to take fish at a certain place, or in particular waters. Abbott. [1913 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6fishery — [fish′ər ē] n. pl. fisheries 1. the business of catching, packing, or selling fish, or lobsters, shrimp, etc. 2. a place where fish, etc. are caught; fishing ground 3. the legal right to catch fish in certain waters or at certain times 4. a place …

    English World dictionary

  • 7Right whale — For other uses, see Right whale (disambiguation). Right whales[1] A female North Atlantic Right Whale with her calf in the ocean …

    Wikipedia

  • 8fishery — noun (plural eries) Date: 1528 1. the occupation, industry, or season of taking fish or other sea animals (as sponges, shrimp, or seals) ; fishing 2. a place for catching fish or taking other sea animals 3. a fishing establishment; also its… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9fishery — /fish euh ree/, n., pl. fisheries. 1. a place where fish are bred; fish hatchery. 2. a place where fish or shellfish are caught. 3. the occupation or industry of catching, processing, or selling fish or shellfish. 4. Law. the right to fish in… …

    Universalium

  • 10right — a right to catch a specified quantity of fish, a proportion of the total allowable catch, to use a boat or any other specified fishing equipment, in a manner specified in a management plan or in fishery regulations …

    Dictionary of ichthyology