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Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest in 2022. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Capture includes fish , crustaceans , molluscs , etc. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
In a 1936 fishing derby, there were more male participants than female participants. [4] Women's fishing was being covered by Australian newspapers during the 1930s. [5] [6] The Adelaide Advertiser cited Cleopatra as a reason Australian women should fish, and discussed how one Australian woman has caught more fish than her husband. [6]
In 2023, the CIPS enacted a ban on trans women from competing in the women's competition category, citing a perceived physical advantage at fishing. This decision was lambasted by some as 'absolutely discriminatory', while gender critical advocates hailed it as a victory for future generations. [11]
A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. [1] Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishers and fish farmers. [2] Fishermen may be professional or recreational. Fishing has existed as a means of obtaining food since the Mesolithic period. [3]
The number of individual fish caught in the wild has been estimated at 0.97–2.7 trillion per year (not counting fish farms or marine invertebrates). [11] Following is a table of the 2011 world fishing industry harvest in tonnes (metric tons) by capture and by aquaculture. [10]
Hazardous, forced work conditions sometimes akin to slavery have been detected on nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels around the world, but identifying those responsible for abuses at sea is ...
Women are often involved in fisheries management, being viewed as better at managing conflict. [44] The low participation of women in those fishing from boats, perhaps 10%, results in women often being not included in statistics on fisherfolk. The catch of women is also more likely to be used directly for sustenance than that caught by men.
Image credits: historycoolkids #5. This is Mary Ann Bevan. I had seen her photo on the Internet a few times with the caption: “The Ugliest Woman in the World” but thought there was more to her ...