The term fishing refers to the catching of fishes, *****, sharks and collection of sea-shells from, the seas and freshwater.
Types of Ashing: Based on fishing grounds, fishing has been divided into 3 categories:
1. Fresh water Ashing: Carried out in ponds, tanks, rivers and lakes (mainly Inland)
2. Coastal fishing: Carried out along the sea coast.
3. Open sea Ashing: Carried out in open the sea coast on a large scale.
The developing countries are following primitive methods like Bows, Arrows, Bare-Hands, Small nets or Small Boats. Whereas in the developed countries of the world modem techniques of catching fish are used modem fishing vessels, open sea fishing day and night. The large ships as floating factories that completes the process of catching and packing into tins. Fishing has developed in Japan, USA, Baltic states, ** and Norway on a commercial scale.
