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- noun Plural form of
shellfishery .
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Examples
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Officials have recorded 125 fish species in the Thames estuary, which is home to shellfisheries and provides nursing grounds for sole and bass.
Freshwater wildlife thrives in cleanest rivers since Industrial Revolution 2010
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For example, the decline of certain long-distance East Atlantic flyway populations (while other populations on the same flyway are stable or increasing) has been attributed to their high dependence on deteriorating critically important spring staging areas, notably the international Wadden Sea, that have been affected by commercial shellfisheries.
Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Wetlands and Water~ Summary for Decision-makers 2008
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Officials have recorded 125 fish species in the Thames estuary, which is home to shellfisheries and provides nursing grounds for sole and bass.
The Guardian World News Ian Sample 2010
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"Understanding how and where harmful algal blooms originate will help provide early warnings to protect human health and reduce the impact of biotoxins on Washington's coastal shellfisheries," said Vera Trainer, Ph. D., lead author of the study and program manager at the NOAA Fisheries 'Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle.
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The ocean provides about half of the Earth's natural resources and humankind takes direct advantage of this through our fisheries and shellfisheries.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM 2009
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The ocean provides about half of the Earth's natural resources and humankind takes direct advantage of this through our fisheries and shellfisheries.
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