fishing station

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1 — Hist.

a commercial fishing establishment operating seasonally in a remote area, often equipped with dressing and packing facilities.

See: fish camp(def. 2)

Quotations

1832

There are only seven of these islands which are in any way capable of settlement, and that only with the chief purpose of fishing stations.

1927

. . . in 1850 . . . the Company used the island [San Juan Island] as a fishing station, putting up annually two or three thousand barrels of salmon.

1955

Apparently the French had used the harbour [Renews, once Rougenoust] as a fishing station as early as 1506.

2 — Obs.

a place to angle for game fish.

1872

Two miles over rough waters are the Round Rocks, which is a very fair fishing station when the river is high and the fish are running.