fishing practices
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Fishing practices are the methods and techniques used to catch fish and other aquatic life.
The term encompasses everything from traditional line-and-hook angling to industrial trawling, and appears most often in discussions of sustainability and regulation: The new policy aims to curb destructive fishing practices.
Debates over fishing practices typically weigh economic interests against environmental impact—overfishing, bycatch, and habitat damage.
- anglingRecreational hook-and-line pursuit
- catch and releaseAngling without keeping prey
- trawlingNet-dragging fishing method
- catch limitsMaximum allowable harvest amounts
- nettingInterlaced open fabric
longlining · drift nets · bait · trolling · hooks · spearfishing · eco-labeling · jigging · reels · traps · chumming · bycatch · casting · sustainable · seasonal closures · tackle · gillnet · harpooning
fishing practicesmarine conservation
Protecting sea environments
ocean preservation · ecosystem restoration · sustainable fishing · catch-and-release · habitat protection
fishing practicesaquaculture
Farming underwater organisms
fish farming · mariculture · fish stocking · fish breeding · aquaponics
fishing practicessubsistence fishing
Fishing to feed oneself
recreational fishing · sport fishing · traditional fishing · pole fishing