What is fishing?
Q: What is fishing?
A: Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish in the wild, either from a boat or from shore.
Q: What techniques are used for catching fish?
A: Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping.
Q: Is fishing used to catch farmed fish?
A: No, the term fishing is not normally used for catching farmed fish.
Q: How many people are employed in fisheries and aquaculture?
A: Fisheries and aquaculture provide direct and indirect employment to over 500 million people in developing countries.
Q: How much per capita consumption of wild-caught fish was there in 2005?
A: In 2005, the worldwide per capita consumption of wild-caught fish was 14.4 kilograms.
Q: How much per capita consumption of farmed fish was there in 2005?
A: In 2005, there was an additional 7.4 kilograms of farmed fish consumed per capita worldwide.
