Crossword clues for groundfish
The Collaborative International Dictionary
groundfish \ground"fish\ (ground"f[i^]sh), n. sing. & pl. Fish that live on the sea bottom, especially commercially important gadoid fishes like cod and haddock or flatfish like flounder.
Syn: bottom fish.
Wiktionary
n. (context fishing English) fish that swim near the seafloor vb. (context fishing English) To fish for #Noun
WordNet
n. fish that live on the sea bottom especially commercially important gadoid fishes like cod and haddock or flatfish like flounder [syn: bottom fish]
Wikipedia
Groundfish are fish that live on, in, or near the bottom of the body of water they inhabit. Some typical saltwater groundfish species are cod, flounder, halibut, and sole.
Related terms used in different contexts include " demersal fish" and " whitefish", and (more broadly) " bottom feeder" .
Usage examples of "groundfish".
If men of the seas respected the bans, the Commerce Department promised, the depleted groundfish stocks would replenish themselves.
After he was caught for the third time hauling up endangered groundfish in forbidden biomass nets, he was told his license was forfeit.
And in the unlikely event it happened to float ashore before scavenging crabs, lobsters, and groundfish picked it apart, even an honest investigator would conclude Ricci had died from an out-of-air accident due to instrument failure, based upon a post mortern exam and the faulty reading on his psi gauge.