cod fishery

collocation in English

meaningsofcodandfishery

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cod
noun[C or U]
uk
/kɒd/us
/kɑːd/
a large sea fish that can be eaten, or the meat of ...
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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 ofcodandfisheryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is of course logic in going for a bigger mesh size in acodfishery.
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This debate is narrowly focused on the immediate problems in the fishing industry, which have been precipitated by thecodfisheryclosure programme.
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The need for action on cod recovery is paramount if there is to be acodfisheryat all.
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We have a mixed haddock and whiting fishery, unlike thecodfisheryin the south.
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Substantial reductions in effort have been proposed using yesterday's stock information, whereas today's stock information shows substantial increases in thecodfishery.
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First, both the industry and politicians were denying the scientific assessments right up to the bitter end until thecodfisherycollapsed.
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For them, the closing of thecodfisherywould be the worst decision.
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We are stuck at the end of thecodfisheryyear, so that when all the cod come down our way, we often have no quota left to fish.
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Newfoundland has vast resources, wonderful raw material and the finestcodfisheryin the world.
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It is a large and important sector, and when we unfortunately have to close the channelcodfishery, as we did last year, we cannot exempt it.
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Twelve months on, we are now told that matters are worse than that, and that in effect we are faced with the closure of thecodfishery.
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The people on the island relied on thecodfisheryand eventually became involved in the seal fishery.
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This pattern intensified with the collapse of the old migratorycodfisheryafter 1790.
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He was also involved in thecodfishery.
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Following the collapse of thecodfisheryduring the early 1990s, the province suffered record unemployment rates and the population decreased by roughly 60,000.
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It is adapted to thecodfishery, the raising of cattle, and for gardening, the soil being sandy in character.
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Throughout the 19th and early 20th century the beach was used as a site for gutting, cleaning and salting fish in the small-boatcodfishery.
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Vestfjord is famous for itscodfishery, which was exploited back to the early medieval period.
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The bay was the location of a seasonalcodfisheryin the 18th century and was permanently settled in the 19th century.
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In 1992 thecodfisherywas closed down altogether.
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