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Capture fisheries can be broadly classified as industrial scale, small-scale or artisanal, and recreational. Close to 90% of the world's fishery catches come from oceans and seas, as opposed to inland waters. These marine catches have remained relatively stable since the mid-nineties (between 80 and 86 million tonnes). [11]
Wild fisheries can be marine or lacustrine/riverine , and rely heavily on the carrying capacity of the local aquatic ecosystem. Wild fisheries are sometimes called capture fisheries . The aquatic life they support is not artificially controlled in any meaningful way and needs to be "captured" or fished.
Cetacean – member of the group of marine mammals that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life and are noted for their high intelligence. Cetacean bycatch – the incidental capture of non-target cetacean species by fisheries. Bycatch can be caused by entanglement in fishing nets and ...
World capture fisheries and aquaculture production by species group [1]. The global commercial production for human use of fish and other aquatic organisms occurs in two ways: they are either captured wild by commercial fishing or they are cultivated and harvested using aquacultural and farming techniques.
This article is an overview of ocean fisheries. ... Fish capture [2] million tonnes % Pacific Ocean [3] 155.6 ... and an impressive array of marine life, ...
In 2021, municipal capture fisheries produced 1.13 million metric tons of product, 26.64% of total fisheries production. Nationally, 2.19 million people were employed in municipal fishing activities, of which 50.03% were in capture fisheries, 11.59% in gleaning activities, and 11.28% in aquaculture. Other fish processing and municipal fishing ...
[25]: 28 The average production of marine capture fisheries increased from 1.32 million MT per year in the 1980s, to 1.68 million in the 1990s, and 2.08 in the 2000s. In 2018, 1.89 million MT were caught, 2% of the global total. [33]: 13 Inland capture fisheries produced 160 thousand MT in 2018, about 1% of the global inland catch.
Fisheries science is the academic discipline of managing and understanding fisheries. It is a multidisciplinary science, which draws on the disciplines of oceanography , marine biology , marine conservation , ecology , population dynamics , economics and management in an attempt to provide an integrated picture of fisheries.