FISHING AND FISHING GROUNDS

Fishing:
Activity that provides
products from the sea

It provides food and raw

materials for industry:
Tinned products Frozen products

Oils Flours Fertilizers

 Fishing ground:
Definition:
The areas of the sea where fishing levels are particularly high

We found them where plankton is abundant:

• Continental shelves: Sea

of Japan and the North
Sea

• Areas with cold marine

currents: The coast of
Newfoundland

• Areas where warm and

cold currents meet: The
American Pacific Coast
 FISHING SYSTEMS
According to the place where fishing is
practiced and the period of time
required:
Shallow water Deep-sea fishing Ocean fishing

Fishing takes place Fishing is undertaken Fishing is undertaken

near the coast on a far from the coast over at high sea for several
daily basis several days or weeks months
 According to the technology used:
Artisanal fishing:
Use small boats, traditional
technology and limited labour
force
Small production intended for
the local market

Industrial fishing:
Use large factory boats with modern
technology and a great deal of labour

Abundant production intended for sale

on the domestic or international
market
 FISHING TECHNIQUES:

Hook Mobile nets

Tunny net fishing

A fishing trap with an
standing nets directing the
fish into an enclosed net

 Pulling a fishing net

through the water behind
one or more boat
Fish trap Trawling
 Seine fishing Suction
A large net made to hang  To fish with a machine equipped
vertically in the water with a suction devices

Bottom-set longline Trolling

Deep sea trawling Factory ship

 A large ocean-going ship with

extensive on-board facilities
for processing and freezing caught
fish
 THE FUTURE OF THE FISHERIES
Main problems:
Overfishing:
Leads to the exhaustion of marine
resources
Sea pollution:
Increasing difficulty of
gaining access to
fishing grounds from
other countries:

In 1982, exclusive national fishing grounds were established within

200 nautical miles, 370 km of each county´s coastline
 Fishing policies:
Prohibition of harmful fishing practises
Establishment of fishing quotas
Application of anti-pollution measures

Signing of international fishing agreements

Promotion of aquaculture
Breeding of fish, crustaceans and molluscs