Foodfish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Foodfish is a noun meaning Alternative form of food fish.
Meaning
Alternative form of food fish.
Example Sentences
Most of the 30 or so emperors are valuable foodfishes in the Indo-Pacific region.
There was little discussion of tilapia as a foodfish during the 1950s and 1960s, but there was interest in using some tilapia species for weed control.
Reported harvests were in the order of 19 600 tonnes for fishmeal, 1 250 tonnes for processed sharks, 150 tonnes for shells, and 1 300 tonnes for foodfishes.
While the present conservation of Maryland fisheries is largely concerned with the oyster, which promises such great future returns, the foodfishes should not be neglected.
Word Forms
- foodfishes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fishfeed, seafish, fish head, fishfood, white-fish, tunafish.
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