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fishing season

fishing season

2 2.2
A time of year when it is allowed to catch fish in a place
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪʃɪŋ ˈsiːzən/
  • Formal
translation icon : temporada de pesca
  • If a fishing season is cut short or a cannery lowers the price it pays per fish, the hurt is real.
  • length of the fishing season
  • fishing season ended

Examples

  • So, by the time your next fishing season starts, the cove will be back to normal.

    On Deadly Ground (1994)

  • Applications to upcoming fishing seasons began in 1973 for both coasts, and 1989 marked the seventeenth consecutive year of forecasts.

    Academic text (1991)

  • It's the end of ice fishing season.

    Pontypool (2009)

  • As the fishing season approached, it was clear that the salmon supply would be poor.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The trout fishing season is far too short anyway.

    The Human Factor (1979)

  • Our final day of the 2012 fishing season came and went with little success, wrote owner-skipper Art Taylor.

    Blog text (7)

  • The 1967-68 fishing season ended in February/March 1968.

    Academic text (1992)

  • As the fishing season in 1902 approached, fishing price negotiations between the fishermen and canneries commenced.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Already under financial hardship due to two poor fishing seasons, the fishing bosses complained that the previous executive did not ensure adequate society membership and reasonable expenditures.

    Academic text (2016)

  • As the fishing season approached, many anglers prepared their equipment for the catch.

Synonyms

open season
vsfishing season
12 4.1

A time when an activity is allowed, often for hunting or fishing

is the legal period that allows catching certain species in a specific area

How Long

fishing season
  • Formal
2 2.2
close season
  • UK
4.7

Surface Forms

fishing season singular
fishing seasons plural

Morphology

fishing + season

The meaning 'the period when it is permitted to catch fish' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'fishing' (catching fish) with 'season' (a period). This noun+noun composition is common cross-linguistically and yields an immediately comprehensible temporal sense for a B1 learner, even if specific legal restrictions are additional detail.

Etymology

The noun fishing season comes from the simple image of a set time when fishing is allowed and other times are closed. Rules set these seasons so fish can breed and stay healthy, so today it means the 'period when it is legal to catch fish'.