1922, Michael Arlen, “Piracyâ€: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days Chapter 3/19/2, Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.
(uncountable) The activity or sport of catching fish from a body of water.a good day's fishing
(business of catching fish)(uncountable) The business of catching fish, molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms in large quantities for sale.the fishing industry
