Get to know Shellfishing better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning.
Shellfishing meaning
fishing for shellfish
Using Shellfishing
- The main meaning on this page is: fishing for shellfish
- In the example corpus, shellfishing often appears in combinations such as: all shellfishing, shellfishing industry.
Context around Shellfishing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shellfishing
- In this selection, "shellfishing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lucrative and industry stand out and add context to how "shellfishing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include engaged in shellfishing on lake and for all shellfishing as a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shellfishing" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shellfishing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The area will be closed to all shellfishing from April through October. (12 words)
The select board agreed, setting the size limit at 18 feet for boats engaged in shellfishing on Lake Tashmoo. (19 words)
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Marine Fisheries and the Oak Bluffs Shellfish Department were subsequently informed of the situation, soon triggering a closure for all shellfishing as a public safety precaution. (34 words)
The shellfish group also said there is evidence that the area is a critical nursery ground for channeled whelks, a $6 million Island industry, and that the project could threaten the comeback of a potentially lucrative shellfishing industry in the pond. (41 words)
This was, at the time, higher than production in New York, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts. citation During this time, the Connecticut coast was known, in the shellfishing industry, as the oyster capital of the world. (35 words)
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Marine Fisheries and the Oak Bluffs Shellfish Department were subsequently informed of the situation, soon triggering a closure for all shellfishing as a public safety precaution. (34 words)
Example sentences (5)
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Marine Fisheries and the Oak Bluffs Shellfish Department were subsequently informed of the situation, soon triggering a closure for all shellfishing as a public safety precaution.
The area will be closed to all shellfishing from April through October.
The select board agreed, setting the size limit at 18 feet for boats engaged in shellfishing on Lake Tashmoo.
The shellfish group also said there is evidence that the area is a critical nursery ground for channeled whelks, a $6 million Island industry, and that the project could threaten the comeback of a potentially lucrative shellfishing industry in the pond.
This was, at the time, higher than production in New York, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts. citation During this time, the Connecticut coast was known, in the shellfishing industry, as the oyster capital of the world.
Common combinations with shellfishing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: