Fisher is an archaic term for a

fisherman A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million Commercial fishing, commercial and Artisan fishing, subsistence fishers and Fish farming, fi ...

, revived as gender-neutral. Fisher, Fishers or The Fisher may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Division of Fisher The Division of Fisher is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current MP is Andrew Wallace of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determ ...

, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *

Electoral district of Fisher Fisher was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It was created in 1970 and named after Sir James Fisher, a colonial politician and the first mayor of Adelaide. It was abolished in a 2016 re ...

, a state electoral district in South Australia * Fisher, Australian Capital Territory *

Fisher, Queensland Fisher is a suburb of the town of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Fisher had a population of 65 people. Geography The Leichhardt River flows north–south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs ...

, a suburb in the City of Mount Isa * Fisher, South Australia, a locality * Hundred of Fisher, a cadastral unit in South Australia

Canada

Rural Municipality of Fisher Fisher is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Communities *Broad Valley * Fisher Branch *Fisherton *Hodgson *Poplarfield *Sylvan *Zbaraz Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada ...

Fisher (electoral district) Fisher is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It was created for the 1920 provincial election, and eliminated with the 1969 election. The constituency was located in mid-northern Manitoba, in the Interlake region. T ...

, a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada

United Kingdom

* Fisher Bank, a sea area of the UK shipping forecast

United States

* Fisher, Arkansas *

Fisher, Illinois Fisher is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, that was founded in 1875. The population was 1,881 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Fisher has a total area of , all land. Demographi ...

Fisher, Louisiana Fisher is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 230 at the 2010 census, down from 268 in 2000. History Fisher was named for Oliver Williams Fisher and built between 1899 and 1901 by the Louisiana Long Leaf Lum ...

Fisher, Minnesota Fisher is a town in Polk County, Minnesota, Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Grand Forks, North Dakota, Grand Forks-North Dakota, ND-Minnesota, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 422 at the 2020 United ...

* Fisher, Missouri *

Fisher, Oregon Fisher is an unincorporated community in rural Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. Fisher lies along Five Rivers Road, south of its intersection with Oregon Route 34. It is slightly north of the Lincoln–Lane county line in the Siuslaw N ...

, an unincorporated community * Fisher, Pennsylvania * Fisher, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Fisher Island, Florida Fisher Island is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, located on a barrier island of the same name. Since 2015, Fisher Island has had the highest per capita income of any place in the United States. It is locat ...

Fishers, Indiana Fishers is a city in the Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, Fall Creek and Delaware Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, Delaware townships in Hamilton County, Indiana, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 United Sta ...

Fishers, New York Fishers is a hamlet in the northwest corner of the Town of Victor, Ontario County, New York, United States. It is a small suburb of Rochester. The community is south of the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90). A U. S. Post Office is loca ...

Fishers Island, New York Fishers Island is an island within the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York. It lies at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, off the southeastern coast of Connecticut, across Fishers Island Sound. About long and wide, it is about ...

Archaeological sites

Fisher site The Fisher site is an archaeological site in northwestern Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located along a tributary of Wheeling Creek in northern Richhill Township, it was once occupied by a Monongahela village. It has been ran ...

, an archaeological site in Greene County, Pennsylvania *

Fisher Farm site The Fisher Farm site is an archaeological site in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in fields on the outskirts of Unionville, it is one of central Pennsylvania's leading archaeological sites. Profile The Fisher Farm site e ...

, an archaeological site in the Centre County, Pennsylvania

Law

* ''Fisher v. University of Texas'' (2013), a 2013 Supreme Court case * ''Fisher v. University of Texas'' (2016), a 2016 Supreme Court case

Organizations

Fisher Body Fisher Body was an automobile coachbuilder founded as the Fisher Body Company by Frederic and Charles Fisher in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan when they absorbed a fledgling autobody maker. By 1916 the concern had grown into one of the world's large ...

, a former automobile coachbuilder * Max M. Fisher College of Business, part of the Ohio State University *

Fisher Communications Fisher Communications, Inc. was a media company in the United States. Based in Seattle, Washington, the company primarily owned a number of radio and television stations in the Western United States. It was the last company in the Seattle area ...

* Fisher F.C., a football club in England *

Fisher Electronics Fisher Electronics was an American company specialising in the field of hi-fi electronics. The company and the name was bought by Japanese electronics conglomerate Sanyo in 1975. History Fisher Electronics was an American audio equipment manu ...

, a Sanyo subsidiary producing hi-fi equipment ** The Fisher (electronics manufacturer), a line of electronics marketed by Avery Fisher and predecessor to Fisher Electronics *

Fisher House Foundation Fisher House Foundation, Inc. is an international nonprofit that works alongside the Veterans Health Administration to provide complimentary quality of life services for active military members, veterans, and their families. The foundation prima ...

, an organization funding the construction of family lodging facilities near military hospitals

People

* Fisher (surname), an English surname *

Fisher (musician) Paul Nicholas Fisher (born 5 November 1985), known by the stage name Fisher (stylised in all caps), is an Australian music producer. He has been nominated for several awards, including ARIA Music Awards, Grammy Awards and Ranked the No. 8 on to ...

, Australian house music producer *

Fisher Ames Fisher Ames (; April 9, 1758 – July 4, 1808) was a Representative in the United States Congress from the 1st Congressional District of Massachusetts. He became conspicuous in promoting the new Constitution during his state's ratifying co ...

(1758–1808), American politician * Fisher A. Blocksom (1782–1876), American politician and lawyer from Ohio *

Fisher Stevens Stephen Fisher (born November 27, 1963), known professionally as Fisher Stevens, is an American actor, director, producer and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Ben Jahveri in ''Short Circuit'' (1986) and ''Short Circu ...

(born 1963), American actor, director, producer and writer * Sergey Golovkin (1959–1996), Russian serial killer known as "The Fisher"

Science and mathematics

*Fisher meteorite of 1894, which landed in Minnesota, United States (see

meteorite falls A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space, that was also observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a " find". There are more than 1,300 documented fall ...

) *

Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test (also Fisher-Irwin test) is a statistical significance test used in the analysis of contingency tables. Although in practice it is employed when sample sizes are small, it is valid for all sample sizes. The test assumes that a ...

, a statistical significance test *

Fisher's method In statistics, Fisher's method, also known as Fisher's combined probability test, is a technique for data fusion or "meta-analysis" (analysis of analyses). It was developed by and named for Ronald Fisher. In its basic form, it is used to combi ...

, also known as Fisher's combined probability test * Fisher equation, in financial mathematics and economics, concerning interest rates *

Fisher transformation In statistics, the Fisher transformation (or Fisher ''z''-transformation) of a Pearson correlation coefficient is its inverse hyperbolic tangent (artanh). When the sample correlation coefficient ''r'' is near 1 or -1, its distribution is high ...

, a transformation in statistics used to test some hypotheses

Other uses

Fisher (animal) The fisher (''Pekania pennanti'') is a carnivorous mammal native to North America, a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the taiga, boreal forest in Canada to the northern United States. It is a member of the Mustelidae, mustel ...

(''Pekania pennanti''), a North American mustelid *

Fisher (band) Fisher was an American band consisting of songwriter Ron Wasserman and vocalist Kathy Fisher. The band was known for selling their songs through Internet marketing, and received a record deal from their success at MP3.com. Their song "I Will Lo ...

, a rock band featuring Kathy Fisher as lead singer * ''Fisher'' (comic strip), a Canadian comic strip by Philip Street * Fisher (yachts), motorsailers first built in the 1970s *" Fisherrr", song by Cash Cobain and Bay Swag