fish up

1. (transitive)To produce or find by fishing.

   All we could fish up in that lake was one old boot.

2. (informal, transitive)To find, obtain or procure.

   We fished up some clothes that fit.

1. The fish swam up for crumbs.

   deDer Fisch schwam nach Brotbröseln. — Esperantostern

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2. The fish jumped up in the pond.

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3. This fish can grow up to five meters long.

   ruЭта рыба может вырасти до пяти метров в длину. — marafon

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4. Agricultural exports, including fish, make up two-thirds of total exports.

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5. We need to wash the fish, cut it up and boil it.

   ruРыбу нужно помыть, порезать и отварить. — carlosalberto

   deWir müssen den Fisch waschen, zerschneiden und kochen. — carlosalberto

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irregular

• fish upTo produce or find by fishing.
• fish outTo catch all or nearly all the fish in (a given body of water), so that few or none remain.
• fish downTo move down the trophic chain of seafood, i.e. moving from fishing top-level predators to fishes lower in the food chain, as a result of overfishing affecting top-level predators first.