searching; rummaging; scavenging
Used as a suffix or noun for actively looking through things, often with a sense of digging or scavenging. Common in compounds like ゴミ漁り (trash rummaging) or 本漁り (book hunting).
Scouring used bookstores is his weekend pleasure.
fishing; collecting shells
Archaic noun for fishing or gathering seafood, especially shellfish. Modern Japanese uses 漁 (りょう) or 漁業 (ぎょぎょう) for fishing, and 潮干狩り (しおひがり) for shell collecting.
Rummaging through trash is not hygienic.
In the old days, people often went fishing and shell collecting on this beach.
Derived from the verb 漁る (あさる, 'to scavenge, to rummage'). The noun/suffix form 漁り nominalizes the action. The archaic fishing sense likely comes from the original meaning of searching for seafood along the shore.