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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment (freshwater or marine), but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques include trawling, longlining, jigging, hand-gathering, spearing, netting, angling, shooting and…

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History

Recreational fishing

Techniques

Tackle

Fishing vessels

Traditional fishing

Fishing industry

Fisheries management

Animal welfare concerns

Plastic pollution

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Fishing

Nodes305
Edges304
Triples196
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006557
Components1

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Fishing

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related to Recreational fishing · 25
Fishing → Angle, Benedictine Sopwell Nunnery, Charles Cotton, Dame Juliana Berners, Derbyshire Wye, England, English, English Civil War, For, Fysshynge, Hooke, However, In, It, Izaak Walton, Japan, Leonard Mascall, Line, Recreational, The
related to Commercial fishing · 21
Fishing → Africa, Asia, Asian, Caribbean, China, Commercial, Europe, European Union Member States, Half, India, Individual, Indonesia, Japan, Latin America, Many, Motorized, Northern America, Oceania, Philippines, The
related to Further reading · 18
Fishing → Andres, Blackwell, Brandt, Dietrich, Fish, Fishing Encyclopedia, Gabriel, History, ISBN, Johannes Lundbeck, John Wiley, Ken, Otto, Sahrhage, Schultz, Sons, Springer-Verlag, Worldwide Angling Guide
related to Trawling · 18
Fishing → Atlantic Ocean, Brixham, By, Deep-Sea Fisheries, England, English, Grimsby, Harwich, Hull, Mother, Scarborough, South Devon, The, The British, The Brixham, They, This, Yarmouth
related to history · 12
Fishing → Africa, Archaeology, Asia, BC, During, However, Isotopic, Lepenski Vir, Neanderthals, People, Tianyuan, Upper Paleolithic
related to Plastic pollution · 12
Fishing → Abandoned, ALDFG, Arctic, Environmental, FADs, Gear, In, It, Operational, Passive, Problems, The
related to Animal welfare concerns · 8
Fishing → For, Historically, In, Japanese, Laboratory, Some, There, When
related to Religious · 8
Fishing → Apostle Peter, Bible, Catholic Church, Christianity, Hinduism, Jesus, Pope's, Since
related to External links · 7
Fishing → British Columbia, CS1, Daniel, Map, Pauly, The, University
related to Fishing vessels · 7
Fishing → About, According, At, FAO, Many, Nearly, These

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fish recreational commercial fisheries used fishers also nets lines world million line techniques century food rods first caught tackle angling

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Fishingis acapture of fish for commercial purposes0.90text
pondsinstance ofbut may also be caught from stocked bodies of water0.80text
canalsinstance ofbut may also be caught from stocked bodies of water0.80text
park wetlandsinstance ofbut may also be caught from stocked bodies of water0.80text
reservoirsinstance ofbut may also be caught from stocked bodies of water0.80text
electrocutioninstance ofas well as more destructive and often illegal techniques0.80text
blastinginstance ofas well as more destructive and often illegal techniques0.80text
poisoning.The term fishing is also used more broadly to include catching aquatic animals other than fishinstance ofas well as more destructive and often illegal techniques0.80text
such as crustaceansinstance ofas well as more destructive and often illegal techniques0.80text
shell middensinstance ofArchaeology features0.80text
discarded fish bonesinstance ofArchaeology features0.80text
and cave paintings show that seafood was important for survivalinstance ofArchaeology features0.80text

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