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Fisheries

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048666
info:lc/authorities/sh85048666
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85048666#concept

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Coastal fisheries
Commercial fisheries
Commercial fishing industry
Farms, Fish
Fish farms
Fishery industry
Fishery methods
Fishing industry
Freshwater fisheries
Inland fisheries
Large-scale fisheries
Marine fisheries
Marine recreational fisheries
Recreational fisheries
Sea fisheries
Sea fishing industry
Sport fisheries

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Fisheries
fishery Label from public data source Wikidata
fishing industry Label from public data source Wikidata

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Sources

found: Managing small-scale fisheries, c2001:p. 6 (under types of fisheries: large-scale (commercial/industrial); strictly speaking, all fisheries are commercial) pp. 8-9 (large-scale commercial fisheries; large-scale fisheries)

found: Wikipedia, viewed Feb. 13, 2015(Fishery: an entity engaged in raising or harvesting fish which is determined by some authority to be a fishery)

found: Merriam-Webster dictionary, viewed Feb. 13, 2015(fish farm: a place where fish are raised for food)

found: FAO fisheries glossary, viewed Feb. 13, 2015(Fishery definition: Generally, a fishery is an activity leading to harvesting of fish; it may involve capture of wild fish or raising of fish through aquaculture)

found: LC database, Feb. 26, 2003(sea fisheries; sport fisheries; commercial sea fisheries; commercial fisheries; commercial and recreational fisheries; recreational fisheries; marine recreational fisheries; sea-fishing industry; sea fishing industry; fishing industry; inland fisheries; marine and freshwater fisheries; freshwater fisheries; marine fisheries; coastal fisheries)

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SH

Change Notes

2005-03-02: new

2015-03-04: revised

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