Daily Prompt: Fishing

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Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back to at least the beginning of the Upper Paleolithicperiod about 40,000 years ago.^[3] 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.^[4][5] Archaeology features such as shell middens,^[6] discarded fish bones, and cave paintings show that sea foods were important for survival and consumed in significant quantities.

During this period, most people lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and were, of necessity, constantly on the move. However, where there are early examples of permanent settlements (though not necessarily permanently occupied) such as those at Lepenski VirFishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caughtin the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering,spearing, netting, angling and trapping. Fishing may include catchingaquatic animals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods,crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales where the term whaling is more appropriate.

According to United Nations FAO statistics, the total number ofcommercial fishermen and fish farmers is estimated to be 38 million.Fisheries and aquaculture provide direct and indirect employment to over 500 million people in developing countries.^[1] In 2005, the worldwide per capita consumption of fish captured from wild fisherieswas 14.4 kilograms, with an additional 7.4 kilograms harvested from fish farms.^[2] In addition to providing food, modern fishing is also arecreational pastime.

 

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