| Fishing can be defined as the activity of catching fish. | | | | fishing, angling, and trapping are the popular methods. |
| Fishing is profession for many and hobby for some. It is | | | | The main tools for fishing are hooks, floats, reels, lures, |
| performed or conducted daily to earn money can be a | | | | nets, traps, waders, lines, roads, baits, spears, and |
| best relaxing moments of your vacation. The History | | | | gaffs. Almost all the tools of fishing are called tackle. |
| of fishing goes back to around 40,000 years back. A | | | | The choice of various fishing tackles depends on the |
| man trying to catch fish to satisfy his hunger has lead | | | | fishing technique. Fishing techniques includes hand |
| to the billion dollar industry today. As per one of the | | | | gathering, netting, angling, trapping and spear fishing. |
| FAQ research, there are around 38 million fisherman | | | | There are other techniques too but the popular |
| and fish farmers doing this fishing activity. Around 500 | | | | techniques are as mentioned. Each above mentioned |
| million are estimated to be part of this industry directly | | | | techniques has sub techniques influenced by the |
| or indirectly. All the activities such as catching fishes, | | | | culture and demographics. For example, Hand fishing |
| farming, processing, preserving, transporting, and | | | | can be further categories in Flounder tramping, |
| marketing comes under fishing industry. This industry | | | | Noodling, Pearl divers, Trout binning, and Trout tickling. |
| can also be subcategories in 3 categories. | | | | The net fishing can further categorized into Chinese |
| (1) Commercial Fishing: This sector includes all the | | | | fishing nets, Lampuki nets, Cast nets, Drift net, Ghost |
| individuals and associations who catch the sea | | | | nets, Gillnets,Hand nets, Seine nets, and Surrounding |
| products in huge volume and do the various activities | | | | net. Each net has diverse trait to attract and catch the |
| to sell them in the market especially to provide sea | | | | fishes. Similarly every category has its subcategories. |
| food in the market | | | | The commercial sector uses modern technologies and |
| (2) Traditional Fishing: Traditional sector is doing the | | | | equipments. Traditional sector prefer low -tech and |
| same activities but in their traditional way and by the | | | | traditional methods and recreational fishers prefer |
| indigenous people of the fishing profession. The sector | | | | angling methods for fishing. The industry face issues |
| is comparatively small and local | | | | related to marine pollution, overfishing, temperature |
| (3) Recreational Fishing: This sector includes individual | | | | level, and other environmental issues |
| and associate who are active in recreation and sports | | | | People consider fishing to be a boring and old man's |
| related to fishing. The outcome of these activities is | | | | hobby. Although, there has been a considerable |
| generally not a product which is for sale. It is for either | | | | change in this frame of mind and many people have |
| personal recreation or a type of service provider to | | | | started considering fishing as favorite recreational |
| the one who is looking for various sports or | | | | activity. If fishing is your hobby then you must be |
| recreational activities in fishing or aquaculture. | | | | aware about the right place, compatible tools, weather, |
| There are various methods which can be used to | | | | and techniques. |
| catch the fishes. Hand gathering, Spear fishing, Net | | | | |