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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes
1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for sport fishing, recreational fishing, sportfishing, sport fishery and game fishing: 🔊
1.2. Synonyms of sport fishing:
1.3. Etymology of Sport fishing:
1.4. 🇫🇷 French translation of sport fishing:
1.5. Definition of sport fishing in fisheries:
3 Other Definitions of Sport fishing per Country
2. Notes on sport fishing
3. Other fisheries sub-sectors:

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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for sport fishing, recreational fishing, sportfishing, sport fishery and game fishing: 🔊

Sport fishing: /spɔːt ˈfɪʃɪŋ/

1.2. Synonyms of sport fishing:

4 international synonym(s) for sport fishing. Notably:

🍧 Recreational fishing 🔉 ▶
🍧 Sportfishing 🔉 ▶
🍧 Sport fishery 🔉 ▶
🍧 Game fishing 🔉 ▶

Graph 1 : sport fishing, recreational fishing, sportfishing, sport fishery, game fishing - Google ngram extract ( graph of term etymology and evolution. Source: Google ngram )

1.3. Etymology of Sport fishing:

Earliest English essay on recreational fishing was published in 1496,titled Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, authored by Dame Juliana Berners.

1.4. 🇫🇷 French translation of sport fishing:

Pêche sportive
Pêche récréative
Pêche sportive
Pêche de loisir
Pêche de loisirs

1.5. Definition of sport fishing in fisheries:

Sport fishing, also known as recreational fishing, sportfishing, sport fishery, game fishing, is defined as: fishing for leisure, exercise or competition.

3 Other Definitions of Sport fishing per Country

In Canada:

sport fishing means the catching of fish for non-commercial purposes. (pêche sportive)

✏️ Source -- Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007, Section 1, Sub-section 1 ( Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007 )

In Kenya:

“sport fishing” means angling or fishing for recreation;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Fisheries (General) Regulations, 1991, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Fisheries (General) Regulations, 1991 )

“Sport fishing” means angling or fishing for recreation;

✏️ Source -- Migori County Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2016, Part I, Section 3 ( Migori County Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2016 )

2. Notes on sport fishing

The earliest English essay on recreational fishing was published in 1496, shortly after the invention of the printing press. The authorship of this was attributed to Dame Juliana Berners, the prioress of the Benedictine Sopwell Nunnery. The essay was titled Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle,[4] and was published in the second Boke of Saint Albans, a treatise on hawking, hunting and heraldry. (Wikipedia);

Fishery terminology records for Sport fishing

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