22 Terms
Contributors in Freshwater
Freshwater
Fins
Sports; Freshwater
Folds of skin supported by cartilaginous tissue in elasmobranchs and by bony rays in bony fishes. Used for locomotion, display, and sometimes specialised functions such as fertilization.
Fish
Sports; Freshwater
Literally, a vertebrate (animal with a backbone) that has gills and lives in water, but generally used more broadly to include any harvestable animal living in water. Fishes refers to more than one ...
Fishery
Sports; Freshwater
Term to describe the collective enterprise of taking fish, usually used in conjunction with reference to the species, gear or area involved
Fishfinder
Sports; Freshwater
A sonar device, either a flasher unit or LCR recorder, used to read the bottom structure, determine depth, and in some cases actually spot the fish; also called a Depth Finder.
Fish ladder
Sports; Freshwater
A series of pools arranged like steps that fish utilise to move upstream over a dam.
