Exessive fishing, which depletes the number of fish in the sea.
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marine fishing
fishing in the ocean
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deep-sea fishing
fishing in the deep sea. Requires many fishing boats.
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fleet
group of boats that sail together.
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aquaculture
breeding of aquatic species in underwater farms known as fish farms.
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Inland fishing
fishing in rivers and lakes.
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hook
Pieice of metal which is curved at one end, used for catching fish.
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Fisherman drag a cone-shaped net along the bottom of the sea. Trawling damamges biodiversity because its impossible to be selective about what the net catches.
Trawling (fishing technique)
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Fishermen detect banks of fish with radar. They surround them with a circular net, trapping the fish inside.
Seine fishing (fishing techique)
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fishermen install these mazes made of netting close to the coast, in places that fish often pass through as they migrate.
Trap nets (fishing technique)
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This technique is commonly used for deep sea-fishing. A long fishingline with hooks along it traps many different types of fish.
Longlines (fishing technique)
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Three nets with different sized holes catch fish by their teeth or gills. These nets damage biodiversity and were banned in 1992.
