Fishing industry
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The
fishing industry is the commercial activity of
fishing and producing
fish and other
seafood products for human consumption or as input factors in other industrial processes. According to
Food and Agriculture Organization (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.
In the 1990s and 2000s it has become increasingly evident that industrial fishing has severely depleted stocks of certain types of ocean fish, such as
cod. For more information, see
overfishing.
One fishing industry sector that appears to remain in a good state of production is the freshwater fishing sector in Canada. The Manitoba commercial fishing industry is comprised of over 3,600 fisherpersons who produce 25 percent of Canada's freshwater catch. Lake Winnipeg is the biggest contributor of commercially landed fish species. Of the 13 fish species commercially harvested, pickerel (walleye), Sauger, lake whitefish, northern pike, yellow perch and lake trout are the most highly valued species. Others include white sucker, tullibee, carp, burbot, lake sturgeon, Goldeye and white bass.
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Clam digging*
Deep sea fishes*
Fish farming*
Fish migration*
Fishery*
Ichthyology (the study of fish)
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Lobster fishing*
Marine aquarium fish species*
Overfishing*
Trawling*
List of fish families*
List of fish common names*
Freshwater Commercial Fishing on Lakes*
FAO Fisheries Information*
Fish database (
FishBase)
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Alaska Commercial Fishing News
