subsistence fishery

collocation in English

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subsistence
noun[U]
uk
/səbˈsɪs.təns/us
/səbˈsɪs.təns/
the state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but ...
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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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Indeed, under the terms of the arrangement a smallsubsistencefisherywill continue.
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Directly, a few are caught for their meat by subsistence fisheries.
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This is a species sought after by local subsistence fisheries.
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This species is important to local subsistence fisheries and is commonly used as bait.
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It is also of high importance in small artisanal and subsistence fisheries, for which statistics are not kept.
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It is used as bait in subsistence fisheries, but is reported to cause ciguatera poisoning, and therefore is not usually used as a food source.
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Although the eels are too large for use in aquariums, they are commercial in subsistence fisheries.
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An otherwise little-known species, prowfish are important to subsistence fisheries in remote regions.
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It is also often taken by subsistence fisheries using various traditional gear such as inter-tidal fixed stake traps.
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Many species are also of major importance to small subsistence fisheries, while others are little more than occasional bycatch.
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To add to this problem, many of the lesser known species are taken by subsistence fisheries and not reported.
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It is fished mainly in subsistence fisheries and occasionally used as fishing bait.
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At sea, marine turtles can be targeted by small scale subsistence fisheries, or become bycatch during longline and trawling activities, or become entangled in ghost nets or struck by boats.
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It was important to local subsistence fisheries.
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