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Fishing techniques are methods for catching fish. The term may also be applied to methods for catching other aquatic animals such as molluscs (shellfish, squid, octopus) and edible marine invertebrates. Fishing techniques include hand-gathering, spearfishing, netting, angling and trapping.
Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back at least to the Upper Paleolithic period which began about 40,000 years ago. [4][5] Isotopic analysis of the skeletal remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish. [6][7] Archaeological features such as shell middens ...
The term fishing broadly includes catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as crustaceans (shrimp / lobsters / crabs), shellfish, cephalopods (octopus / squid) and echinoderms (starfish / sea urchins). The term is not normally applied to harvesting fish raised in controlled cultivations (fish farming).
Sport fishing or game fishing is recreational fishing activities that focus mainly on the physical exertion and thrilling experience during the process of subduing a hard-fighting fish, which provides the fisherman the excitement of a challenge (a good "sport" or "game") and a satisfying sense of achievement after successfully catching the ...
Unsustainable fishing methods refers to the use of various fishing methods used to capture or harvest fish at a rate which is unsustainable for fish populations. [1] These methods facilitate destructive fishing practices that damage ecosystems within the ocean, and result in overfishing. [2] Unsustainable fishing methods vary in scale, ranging ...
Seining for fish in a river. An illustration of a basic seine net. Seine fishing (or seine-haul fishing; / seɪn / SAYN) is a method of fishing that employs a surrounding net, called a seine, that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats. Seine nets can be deployed from the shore ...
Longline radiobuoys. Longline fishing, or longlining, is a commercial fishing angling technique that uses a long main line with baited hooks attached at intervals via short branch lines called snoods or gangions. [1] A snood is attached to the main line using a clip or swivel, with the hook at the other end. Longlines are classified mainly by ...
Drift netting. Drift netting. Drift netting is a fishing technique where nets, called drift nets, hang vertically in the water column without being anchored to the bottom. The nets are kept vertical in the water by floats attached to a rope along the top of the net and weights attached to another rope along the bottom of the net. [1]