coastal fishing
Near-shore marine harvest
Coastal fishing is fishing conducted in waters near the shore, as opposed to deep-sea or open-ocean fishing.
It typically involves smaller boats making day trips rather than extended voyages: Coastal fishing has sustained these communities for generations.
The term encompasses both commercial operations and recreational fishing from boats, piers, or the shoreline itself.
- spearfishingAquatic hunting with sharp poles
- gill netsMesh trapping fish mid-swim
- low tideSea at minimum level
- rocky shoresStone-covered coastal margins
- estuariesRiver-sea meeting points
small boat · mangroves · bait · seagrass beds · surfcasting · kelp forests · lagoons · mullet · sustainable fisheries · angling · snapper · seafood markets · seagulls · buoys · early morning · cultural heritage · coral reefs · tide
- fishing industrytrawling, fisherman, trawlers, trawl net, gillnetting
- Anglingfly rods, rods, reels, reel, bait
- fisheriesfisheries, trawlers, overfishing, trawling, bycatch
- traditional fishingspearfishing, gillnetting, netting, nets, harpoon
- UK fishingcod, haddock, herring, mackerel, plaice
- fishing rightsnative rights, sovereign rights, catch limits, quota systems, seasonal closures
coastal fishingfreshwater fishing
Catching fish inland
river fishing · lake fishing · pond fishing · stream fishing
coastal fishingaquaculture
Farming underwater organisms
fish farming · mariculture · fish hatcheries · shellfish farming