Dictionary of Ichthyology  

fish sanctuary = a place or time where/when fishing is not allowed to protect the stocks or species; for fish to spawn, rear young or rest.

Mississippi River near Blakeney, Ontario, 2 May 2004; sanctuary for River redhorse, Moxostoma carinatum. Photograph by Brian W. Coad.

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