What is Fishing industry?
[[File:Albatun Dod.jpg|thumb|A commercial fishing ship specialized in catching [[tuna]] with [[Fishing net|nets]].]] All activities that are concerned with growing, catching, processing or transporting [[fish]] either as a [[hobby]] or as an [[economics|economic activity]] is called '''Fishing industry'''. According to the [[FAO]] definition it includes [[recreational fishing|recreational]], [[Artisan fishing|subsistence]] and [[commercial fishing]], and the harvesting, [[Fish processing|processing]], and [[Fish marketing|marketing]] sectors.<ref>FAO Fisheries Section: Glossary: [http://www.fao.org/fi/glossary/default.asp ''Fishing industry.''] Retrieved 28 May 2008.</ref> The commercial activity is aimed at the delivery of [[fish]] and other [[seafood]] products for human consumption or as input factors in other industrial processes. Directly or indirectly, the livelihood of over 500 million people in [[developing country|developing countries]] depends on fisheries and [[aquaculture]].<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> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{cite web|url=https://animalequality.org/blog/2019/09/30/fishing-industry-destroying-environment/|title=Four ways the fishing industry is destroying the planet|date=30 September 2019|publisher=Animal Equality|access-date=19 April 2022|archive-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324062003/https://animalequality.org/blog/2019/09/30/fishing-industry-destroying-environment/|url-status=dead}} {{stub}} {{Fishing industry topics}} [[Category:Industries]] [[Category:Fishing]]