cod-fishery

It is now a great fishing-station, employing thousands of men along the coast in the cod-fishery.

Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Various

The winter cod-fishery of New England was absolutely revolutionized by the introduction of gill-nets with glass-ball floats, the catch becoming three times as large, while at least one hundred thousand dollars was saved annually in the single item of bait.

The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

I am living amongst the descendants of the fishermen of Dorset and Devon who came out about two hundred years ago and settled on this coast for the cod-fishery.

Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour Katie Spalding 1911

Though the cod-fishery is the largest and the most important of the

The Story of Newfoundland Frederick Edwin Smith Birkenhead 1901

Attracted by the cod-fishery of Newfoundland, the French had a little colony north of the St. Lawrence; the English, Dutch, and Swedes, occupied the shore of New England and the Middle States; some

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science 1881

It has come true, indeed, that Newfoundland now possesses the most valuable cod-fishery in the world, and that her exports of salmon are considerable, but as to her being a great country -- well, that still remains unfulfilled prophecy; for, owing to no fault of her people, but to the evils of monopoly and selfishness, as we have already said, her career has been severely checked.

The Crew of the Water Wagtail 1859

Attracted by the cod-fishery of Newfoundland, the French had a little colony north of the St. Lawrence; the English, Dutch, and Swedes, occupied the shore of New England and the Middle St.tes; some Huguenots were living in the Carolinas.

History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science John William Draper 1846

However, Time seldom has occasion to mention the gentleman's name, so that it is no great matter how he spells or pronounces it about the arrival of ships, the rise and fall of stocks, the price of cotton and breadstuffs, the prospects of the whaling-business, and the cod-fishery, and all other news of the day.

Time's Portraiture (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

The number of vessels fitted out each year for the cod-fishery.

Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Thomas Jefferson 1784

British fisheries are carried on within each year, stating the number and tonnage of the vessels, and the number of men employed in the respective fisheries, to wit, the northern and southern whale-fisheries, and the cod-fishery.

Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Thomas Jefferson 1784