oyster fishery

collocation in English

meaningsofoysterandfishery

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oyster
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɔɪ.stər/us
/ˈɔɪ.stɚ/
a large flat sea creature that lives in a shell, some types of which can be eaten either cooked or uncooked, and other types of which produce pearls (= small round white ...
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fishery
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪʃ.ər.i/us
/ˈfɪʃ.ɚ.i/
an area of water where fish are caught so they can ...
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(Definition ofoysterandfisheryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A number of interests which are affected in that area, including the greatoysterfishery, may be seriously damaged.
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Its traditional industries included fishery (with a renownedoysterfishery) and shipbuilding.
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Post war, the island suffered from severe winter weather in 1947 which destroyed much of theoysterfishery, and from the flooding of 1953.
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The once well-known easternoysterfisherycollapsed in the 1940s and 1950s; that collapse was linked to algal blooms of a minute species that inhibited shellfish growth.
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They are making a proposal now for spending money upon the oyster fisheries.
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We have these oyster fisheries all along the south coast.
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What a tragedy it is that the great oyster fisheries of this country have been allowed to get into their present condition.
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He attempted to revive the local oyster fisheries.
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Oysters were an important food source in all coastal areas where they could be found, and oyster fisheries were an important industry where they were plentiful.
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