sedentary a Cp OED 3 'not migratory' (esp 1891 quot); from terminology of the French fisheries: DE LA MORANDIÈRE iii, 1381 pêche sédentaire, and ~ errante. Of the fisheries, prosecuted in coastal waters in boats stationed in convenient harbours and coves; conducted by residents, not migratory fishermen; see SHORE2: SHORE FISHERY.
[1762 (1895) PROWSE 322 At the breaking out of this war we had ... fishermen, who carried on most successfully in shoal waters the pêche sedentaire —[shore fishery.] 1793 REEVES 134 [The regulations] were calculated only for a cod, or whale fishery, whereas the seal fishery, which was most pursued [in Labrador], was a sedentary fishery. [1831] 1916 Nfld Law Reports 39-40 In the early condition of the sedentary fisheries of this Island, there were I apprehend, at most but three classes of persons engaged in them: viz. the merchant who provided capital—the planter or resident boatkeeper, who supplied skill—and the servant who contributed labour-—or their prosecution. 1863 PEDLEY 278 On one point, there was a general concurrence, viz. that the fisheries of Newfoundland had become decidedly sedentary—i.e. chiefly confined to the resident population. 1976 HEAD 39 The sedentary fishery was more efficient ... because the settlers specialized in the taking of fish, not the transporting of it or of men—the shipping trade could be left to the West Country.
