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Encyclopedia > Commercial fishing

Fishing industry is the commercial activity of fishing and producing fish and other seafood products. According to FAO statistics the total fish production in the world in 2001 was 130 million tonnes. In addition to the commercial catches 37.9 million tonnes were produced in aquaculture plants.


See also

External links

  • FAO Fisheries Information (http://www.fao.org/fi/default_all.asp)
  • Fish database (http://www.fishbase.org) (FishBase)

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Fishing industry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (81 words)
The Fishing industry is the commercial activity of fishing and producing fish and other seafood products.
According to FAO statistics the total fish production in the world in 2001 was 130 million tonnes.
In addition to the commercial catches, 37.9 million tonnes were produced in aquaculture plants.
FishingHurts.com >> Commercial Fishing (507 words)
Fish look so unlike humans that many people don’t realize that they feel pain, just as we do and lead complex intellectual lives that rival those of dogs and some other mammals.
Commercial fishing has become a big business, and the methods used to catch and kill the animals are as cruel as those used by factory farmers or slaughterhouse operators.
Commercial fishing boats leave their ports in pursuit of specific species of fish, but their hooks and nets bring up thousands of pounds of other marine animals as well.
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