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Fishing and its techniques
Fishing is the traditional activity of catching fish and there are many techniques for fishing. Apart from catching fishes, this term is used for other aquatic animals such as squid, octopus, invertebrates etc. Some of the commonly used techniques are hand gathering, netting, angling, trapping and so on. The three types of fishing are recreational, commercial and artisanal fishing. Recreational fishers fish for fun and pleasure.
It is their hobby. They use angling methods. Commercial fishers fish for sale and profit. They use netting methods. Artisanal fishers use the traditional methods as a part of their cultural heritage. All fishers need to have some additional knowledge regarding the habitat and migration of fishes. The technique of fishing also depends upon this extra knowledge. Tackle is the instrument which is used for fishing. Hand fishing is one of the earliest methods to gather sea foods using the hands. No special equipments are used in such methods. Spearfishing is another ancient method using a spear or a special variant such as harpoon, trident.
Some techniques in spearfishing are bowfishing, in which bow and arrow is used, Gigging, Hawaiian slings, Harpoons and Polespears. Fishing using nets are called netting. The nets are usually meshes formed by knotting a thin thread. It is normally used by commercial fishermen. Chinese fishing nets use mechanical contrivances to hold horizontal nets of diameter 20 meters and more. Cast nets are round nets with weights around the edge. Drift nets are not anchored. Ghost nets are those that are lost in the sea. Gillnets are used to catch the fishes that pass through the gill covers. Tangle nets, trawl nets, seine nets are some of the other net types. Angling uses hooks which is attached to a line and weighed down by sinker. Line fishing uses a fishing line. Bottom fishing, ice fishing, Kayak fishing, Kite fishing are some of the other angling techniques used for fishing.
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