Fishing

Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. By extension, the term fishing is also applied to hunting for other aquatic animals such as various types of shellfish as well as squid, octopus, turtles, frogs and some edible marine invertebrates. The term fishing is not applied to the hunting of aquatic mammals such as whales. Fishing is an ancient and worldwide practice with many techniques and traditions, and it has been transformed by modern technological developments.

External Links

Further reading

• THE TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF ANCIENT SEA FISHING, Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen (pdf)
• spear fishing for eels
• Project Gutenberg: The Compleat Angler
• Fisheries history: Gift of the Nile (pdf)
• Fishing and Survival
• KiteLines FALL 1977 (Vol. 1 No. 3) Articles on Kite Fishing
• Traditional uses of plants for fishing in Micronesia, Dr Mark Merlin (pdf)
• The Coral Reef Alliance
• EcoViability
• Marine Aquarium Council
• Reef Central
• pictures about fishing published on usenet with a search function