Didn't lack a place to land fish (7)
I believe the answer is:
haddock
'fish' is the definition.
(I know that haddock is a type of fish)
'didn't lack a place to land' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'land' could be 'dock' (I've seen this before) and 'dock' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for haddock that I've seen before include "ish" , "Popular food fish" , "Swimmer" , "Fish similar to but smaller than cod" , "N. Atlantic food fish" .)