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  • adjective Not of or pertaining to the sport or commercial activity of fishing.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ fishing

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Examples

  • The Old Mill Restaurant dated back to the 1800s, when, as a working sawmill, it provided most of the nonfishing jobs for Anaskaket residents.

    Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010

  • The measure would require all vessels to land sharks with fins attached and would prevent nonfishing vessels from transporting fins without their carcasses.

    Senate passes shark protection bill Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • "Much of the region's [nonfishing boat] businesses -- particularly the hotels -- have been prospering because so many people have come here from BP and other oil emergency response teams," another report says.

    BP Sends PR Professionals To Gulf Coast To Pretend To Be Journalists 2010

  • "Much of the region's [nonfishing boat] businesses -- particularly the hotels -- have been prospering because so many people have come here from BP and other oil emergency response teams," another report says.

    Kevin Grandia: On BP's Planet Locals are "Prospering" from the Oil Disaster 2010

  • The measure would require all vessels to land sharks with fins attached and would prevent nonfishing vessels from transporting fins without their carcasses.

    Senate passes shark protection bill Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • The Old Mill Restaurant dated back to the 1800s, when, as a working sawmill, it provided most of the nonfishing jobs for Anaskaket residents.

    Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010

  • Fishermen have also begun to deliver tuna live in undersea cages to nonfishing vessels, which take the fish, mostly underweight juveniles, to offshore pens, where they're fattened for sale.

    The Tragic Tale Of The Last Tuna 2008

  • Is this practice usual for ferries and other nonfishing boats?

    When George Meets John 2004

  • Is this practice usual for ferries and other nonfishing boats?

    When George Meets John 2004

  • Is this practice usual for ferries and other nonfishing boats?

    When George Meets John 2004

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