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| | Fishing is catching of river and sea fishes. Fish is the object of fishing in narrow sense of this word. In broad sense, trading of aquatic animals in general belongs to fishing.
In industrial purposes, fishing is done for using the fish in food and also for making cod-liver oil.
History:
Fishery — one of the most ancient forms of economic activities of people. It is traced back to the times of upper paleolith. For many tribes, fishing became the basic source of existence (for example, in some tribes of northwest part of North America). Fishery was usually combined with collection, hunting and agriculture. Fishing did not play a significant role for cattle breeding tribes. Forms and methods of traditional fishing, likewise tool, were rather varied and represented almost all known and complete, until now, methods of non-industrial fishing: traps, nets, baskets, fishing rods etc. With the initiation of exchange and trading in many people, fishing slowly takes the form of business and recently, it acquired industrial nature.
Present day fishing
Commercial fishing
From the commercial point of view, it is possible to divide fishes into: sea, living always in the sea; migratory, spending part of life (much) in sea and part of life in rivers, from where they get into fresh water for spawning; and fresh-water fishes, living constantly in rivers, lakes, etc.
Moreover, commercial fishes are divided into red and ordinary fishes. Sturgeons and sometimes salmon with white salmon (tariff classification) belong to red fish category. Fishes of all other breeds (on Volga, white – on Don, black — in Ural) fall under the category of ordinary fishes. Most important commercial fishes belong to family Sardines (Clupeidae) and Cod (Gadidae). Fishes from families carp (Cyrpinoidae), salmon (Salmonidae) and sturgeon (Acipenseridae) are less important but nevertheless have rather big commercial value, especially in Russia.
Amateur fishing, performed by one or several fishers, is usually called fishing. There is a kind which has left fishing of sports “Fishing sport” is a type of sport, which emerged from fishing.
Fishing in culture:
Besides, fishing has given rise to cultural activities. First of all, “World Fishing Day”, existing since 1985. |
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