fishing ground
Where catches happen
A fishing ground is an area of water where fish are abundant and regularly caught, whether ocean, lake, or river.
Commercial fishing fleets return to established fishing grounds season after season: The Grand Banks were once the world's richest fishing grounds.
Also called fishing grounds in the plural for a single area.
- banksFinancial institutions or riversides
- continental shelfSubmerged perimeter of landmass
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- codCold-water food fish
- spawning bedFish egg-laying site
river · open water · pond · lake · groundbait · marine · net · charter boat · territorial waters · aquaculture · local fisheries · coral reef · school · waters · tide · catch · cove · seine
- resource sitesmine, quarry, oil well, oil field, gas field
- fishing spotsboat dock, boat docks, guide service, charter boat, charter boats
- Island Naturecoconut palm, hibiscus, sea turtle, coral reef, atoll
- ocean featurestrench, atoll, coral reef, continental shelf, barrier reef
- ocean habitatscoral reef, kelp forest, tide pools, intertidal zone, deep sea
- shallowsshoal, sandbar, sandbank, shallow, shallows
fishing groundland
Earth's solid surface
dry land · terra firma · desert · inland · farmland
fishing groundno-take zone
Area forbidding wildlife removal
marine reserve · marine sanctuary · conservation area · wildlife refuge · conservation zone
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