Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
fishing vessel

fishing vessel

6 3.2
A boat or ship used to catch fish, often with tanks to keep the fish alive
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪʃɪŋ ˈvɛsəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : embarcación pesquera
  • The fisherman repaired his fishing vessel before setting out to catch salmon.
  • commercial fishing vessels
  • passenger fishing vessels

It's mainly a private charter fishing vessel, but we do have a public split charter style trip on Wednesday and Sundays.

Examples

  • Matthew is a 31-year-old Mi'kmaq man and has been the captain of a commercial fishing vessel for six years.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Some flag states operate open registries that allow foreign-owned fishing vessels to fly their flag.

    Academic text (2017)

  • What kind of a fishing vessel were they on?

    Yellow Ticket (2024)

  • The licensing of these fishing vessels would become a source of income for their government.

    Academic text (2017)

  • My father at that time was the captain of a commercial fishing vessel in a small segregated town in the South.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Commercial passenger fishing vessels and skiffs share similar fishing techniques and catch many of the same species.

    Academic text (1995)

  • We have a 75-foot fishing vessel in distress, taking on water in high seas.

    The Guardian (2006)

  • Cooperation rather than competition among fishing vessels is promoted by exclusive fishing zones and fleet organization.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The worldwide excess of fishing vessels that are capable of exploiting the high seas compounds this situation.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Some 1,200 fishermen operated the lobster-fishing vessels in 1988.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

fishing boat
vsfishing vessel
32 1.1

A boat used for catching fish that often has a space to keep the fish alive

focuses on design and equipment including storage wells to keep catch alive
trawler
vsfishing vessel
11 4.4

A fishing boat that catches fish by dragging a large net through the water

is any craft for catching fish, not limited to one fishing method
fishing smack
vsfishing vessel
  • UK
7.0

A boat used to catch fish that has a tank to keep the catch alive

is the general ship design for catching fish rather than one traditional type
fishboat
vsfishing vessel
2.8

A boat used for catching or carrying fish

focuses on design for catching fish rather than carrying fish between places
longliner
vsfishing vessel
  • Specialized
7.0

A boat that catches fish using a long line with many hooks

is a general craft for catching fish, not defined by the hook line method
sport fisherman
vsfishing vessel
  • US
3.7

A large motor boat used for fishing for big fish

is a work craft for catching fish commercially, not mainly for sport

How Big

factory ship
  • Specialized
1 5.1
trawler
11 4.4
fishing vessel
  • Specialized
6 3.2
skiff
15 7.7

Surface Forms

fishing vessel singular
fishing vessels plural

Morphology

fishing + vessel

The meaning is directly derivable from 'fishing' (catching fish) + 'vessel' (a boat or ship); together they denote a boat used for fishing. This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase following common English compounding patterns and is cross‑linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.

Etymology

Fishing vessel joins fishing (catching fish) and vessel (a boat), so it literally paints the picture of a boat that goes out to catch fish. That's why the term means 'a ship or boat used for catching fish'.