The specific gravity of aggregates normally ranges from about 2.5 to 3.0.

According to ‘A. M. Neville’ (Author of the Properties of Concrete), the majority

of natural aggregates have a specific gravity of between 2.6 and 2.7. However
high specific gravity is considered as an indication of high strength. Water
absorption, ideally, shouldn’t be more than 0.6%.
Summing up, the specific gravity of coarse aggregates is indicative of its
basic and fundamental quality. The specific gravity and porosity of aggregates
greatly influence the strength and the water absorption capacity in concrete. A
low specific gravity may indicate high porosity which often results in poor
durability and the low strength of aggregates. Remember the concrete density
and hence its strength significantly depends on the specific gravity.

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught in the wild but may also be caught
from stocked bodies of water. Techniques for catching fish include hand
gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. “Fishing” may include catching aquatic
animals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is
not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales where the
term whaling is more appropriate. In addition to being caught to be eaten, fish are caught
as recreational pastimes. Fishing tournaments are held, and caught fish are sometimes kept
as preserved or living trophies. When bioblitzes occur, fish are typically caught, identified, and then
released.
According to the United Nations FAO statistics, the total number of commercial fishers and fish
farmers is estimated to be 38 million. Fisheries and aquaculture provide direct and indirect
employment to over 500 million people in developing countries.[1] In 2005, the worldwide per capita
consumption of fish captured from wild fisheries was 14.4 kilograms, with an additional 7.4 kilograms
harvested from fish farms.[2]
Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back to at least the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period
about 40,000 years ago.[3] Isotopic analysis of the remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old
modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish.[4]
[5]
 Archaeology features such as shell middens,[6] discarded fish bones, and cave paintings show that
sea foods were important for survival and consumed in significant quantities. Fishing in Africa is
evident very early on in human history. Neanderthals were fishing by about 200,000 BC.[7] People
could have developed basketry for fish traps, and spinning and early forms of knitting in order to
make fishing nets[8] to be able to catch more fish in larger quantities.
During this period, most people lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and were, of necessity, constantly on
the move. However, where there are early examples of permanent settlements (though not
necessarily permanently occupied) such as those at Lepenski Vir, they are almost always associated
with fishing as a major source of food.