What is Fishing?
{{Multiple image |align=right |width=300 |direction=vertical | image1 = Stilts fishermen Sri Lanka 02.jpg | alt1 = | caption1 = {{center|Stilts fishermen, Sri Lanka}} | image2 = Pátzcuaro-Trad-Fishing-3.jpg | alt2 = | caption2 = {{center|Fishing with nets, Mexico}}}} [[File:French Fishing Vessel 'Alf' in the Irish Sea MOD 45155246.jpg|thumb|300px|Fishing boat in a heavy sea]] [[Image:Kochi fishermen.jpg|thumb|300px|Fishermen in the [[harbor]] of [[Kochi (India)|Kochi]], India.]] [[File:John George Brown - Waiting for a Bite, Central Park.jpg|thumb|John George Brown: Waiting for a Bite, Central Park]] [[File:Push-up fälla - Ystad-2021.jpg|thumb|A Push-up trap developed by [[Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences]] for a more accurate and less harmful fishing.]] '''Fishing''' is the activity of trying to catch [[fish]]. Fishing can be done in the [[sea]], or in a [[lake]] or [[river]], and by [[boat]] or from the [[shore]]. Fish are normally caught in the wild. [[Skill|Technique]]s for catching fish include hand gathering, [[spear]]ing, [[Fishing_net|netting]], [[angling]] and [[trapping]]. The term fishing may be used for catching other [[aquatic]] animals such as [[mollusc]]s, [[cephalopod]]s, [[crustacean]]s, and [[echinoderm]]s. The term is not normally used for catching [[Fish farm|farmed fish]]. With aquatic [[mammals]], such as [[whales]], the term [[whaling]] is better. According to [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]] statistics, the total number of commercial [[fisherman|fishermen]] and [[fish farm]]ers is estimated to be 38 million. [[Fisheries]] and [[aquaculture]] provide direct and indirect employment to over 500 million people in developing countries.<ref>[ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/brochure/climate_change/policy_brief.pdf Fisheries and Aquaculture in our Changing Climate]{{Dead link|date=January 2021|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Policy brief of the [[FAO]] for the [[UNFCCC]] [[United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009|COP-15]] in Copenhagen, December 2009.</ref> In 2005, t