fishing

noun4

1. •
   the activity of catching animals that swim in rivers, lakes or the sea

   • We had a good day's fishing at the weekend.
2. •
   The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
3. •
   Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.

   • This is good news for the fishing industry.
4. •
   A fishery, a place for catching fish.

   • Generally speaking, the only fishings which appear separately in Valuation Rolls as having a lettable value in their actual state from year to year are salmon-fishings. — 1917