fishing fleet

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• Fishing fleet — A fishing fleet is an aggregate of commercial fishing vessels. The term may be used of all vessels operating out of a particular port, all vessels engaged in a particular type of fishing (as in the tuna fishing fleet ), or all fishing vessels of… …   Wikipedia

• fishing fleet — 1) an aggregation of fishing vessels of a particular country or using a particular gear, e.g. a purse seine fleet, the West Country Newfoundland migratory fishing fleet 2) a group of women arriving en masse at a colony in search of husbands… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• fishing fleet —    British    marriageable girls send abroad to find husbands    Single British girls were sent to Malta or India where single men on extended tours might be less discriminating in their choice of bride:     ... girls who had come out from… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• fishing fleet — n British a group of females arriving en masse in search of partners or husbands. The expression is applied today mainly to visitors to the outpost of upper class society in Hong Kong; it formerly referred to the same social phenomenon occurring… …   Contemporary slang

• Dory Fishing Fleet — Eingang zum Fischmarkt Die Dory Fishing Fleet ist eine Fischereiflotte in Newport Beach im US Bundesstaat Kalifornien. Die 1891 gegründete Flotte liegt nicht im Hafen vor Anker, sondern befindet sich direkt am Strand des Pazifischen Ozeans zu… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Dory Fishing Fleet — The Dory Fishing Fleet is a beachside fishing cooperative located in the city of Newport Beach, California. It was founded in 1891 at the base of what was then McFadden Wharf, now known as the Newport Pier. It is considered the last beachside… …   Wikipedia

• Fishing in Portugal — Fishing is a major economic activity in Portugal. The country has a long tradition in the sector, and is among the countries in the world with the highest fish consumption per capita. [pt icon PESSOA, M.F.; MENDES, B.; OLIVEIRA, J.S. [http://igbp …   Wikipedia

• Fleet — may refer to:Places Fleet is a geographical name: *Fleet, a village in Dorset, England, sited on The Fleet, a lagoon *Fleet, in the county of Hampshire, England * a Fleet, in Kent, inlet, creek, a name for saline waterways in the Thames marshes * …   Wikipedia

• Fishing trawler — For other types of trawlers, see Trawler (disambiguation). The Irish RSW tank trawler Brendelen[1] in Skagen harbour A fishing trawler (also called a dragger) is a commercial fishing vessel designed to operate fishing trawls. Traw …   Wikipedia

• Fishing vessel — A fishing vessel is a ship or boat used to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river. There are many different kinds of vessels used in both commercial fishing and in recreational fishing.The earliest fishing vessels were presumably craft such …   Wikipedia

• fleet — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ entire ▪ The entire fleet was sunk. ▪ great, huge, large ▪ a large fleet of warships …   Collocations dictionary