Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
closed season
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Come next year, after the closed season of Lent, would there be a wedding?
▪ It may be the closed season for rowing ... but down on the river, it's the Head of the River.
▪ It was caught in the coarse fish closed season and did not qualify for record status.
▪ Only boats under 20 tonnes will be permitted, and August and September will be a closed season.
▪ The three year survey will establish the cause of the decline and decide whether a closed season is necessary.
▪ Today was the twentieth, the end of the closed season on hinds.
Usage examples of "closed season".
Charged with carrying firearms in closed season, obstruction of wildlife officers doing their duty, assaulting wildlife officers with sharp branches and lobster pots, breaking wildlife officers’.
However, the state may reasonably place a closed season on these exotic asocial animals whenever they are in danger of becoming extinct.