prawn fishery
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprawnandfishery
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prawn
noun[C]
uk/prɔːn/us/prɑːn/
a small sea animal with a shell and ten legs, that can ...
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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 ofprawnandfisheryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I emphasise the point that theprawnfisheryis not a bottomless pit.
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Will there be an opportunity to consider making even more effort with theprawnfishery?
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Furthermore, the industry feels that the science does not take adequate account of effort reduction measures—for example, the large number of white fish boats now involved in theprawnfishery.
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Furthermore, the region is subject to heavy fishing pressure, in particular from the commercialprawnfishery.
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There have been encouraging results in the shrimp and prawn fisheries in terms of mechanisms which let juvenile fish go.
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It took six years for the square mesh panel for prawn fisheries to be adopted.
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Our prawn fisheries have also been attacked because it is said that prawns are scarce.
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It will exacerbate an existing trend—the divergence of effort towards the prawn fisheries.
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A radical conservation measure which would enjoy the full support of the fishermen affected would be a weekend ban on prawn fisheries on the west coast.
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My question relates not so much to the quotas that he has announced as to their knock-on effect upon the prawn fisheries off the west coast.
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Bluespotted trevally are commonly taken as bycatch in prawn fisheries, however are of little commercial value and often discarded.
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