Fishing industry

The Fishing industry is the commercial activity of fishing and producing fish and other seafood products. According to FAO statistics the total fish production in the world in 2001 was 130 million tonnes. In addition to the commercial catches, 37.9 million tonnes were produced in aquaculture plants.

See also

• Clam digging
• Deep sea fishes
• Fish farming
• Fish migration
• Fishery
• Ichthyology (the study of fish)
• Lobster fishing
• Marine aquarium fish species
• Trawling

• List of fish families
• List of fish common names

External links

• FAO Fisheries Information
• Fish database (FishBase)

See also: Fishing industry, 2001, Aquaculture, Clam digging, Deep sea fishes, Economics, FAO, Finance, Fish