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[[File:Trawer Hauling Nets.jpg|thumb|right|Double-rigged shrimp trawler hauling in the nets]]The '''fishing industry''' includes any industry or activity |
[[File:Trawer Hauling Nets.jpg|thumb|right|Double-rigged shrimp trawler hauling in the nets]]The '''fishing industry''' includes any industry or activity that takes, cultures, processes, preserves, stores, transports, markets or sells fish or fish products. It is defined by the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] as including [[recreational fishing|recreational]], [[Artisan fishing|subsistence]] and [[commercial fishing]], as well as the related harvesting, [[Fish processing|processing]], and [[Fish marketing|marketing]] sectors.<ref name=":0">FAO Fisheries Section: Glossary: [http://www.fao.org/fi/glossary/default.asp ''Fishing industry.''] Retrieved 28 May 2008.</ref> The commercial activity is aimed at the delivery of [[fish]] and other [[seafood products]] for human consumption or as input factors in other industrial processes. The livelihood of over 500 million people in [[Developing country|developing countries]] depends directly or indirectly on [[Fishery|fisheries]] and [[aquaculture]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121111122513/ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/brochure/climate_change/policy_brief.pdf Fisheries and Aquaculture in our Changing Climate] Policy brief of the [[FAO]] for the [[UNFCCC]] [[United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009|COP-15]] in Copenhagen, December 2009.</ref> |
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The fishing industry is struggling with environmental and welfare issues, including [[overfishing]] and [[occupational safety and health|occupational safety]].<ref name="Grant2017">{{cite news |
The fishing industry is struggling with environmental and welfare issues, including [[overfishing]] and [[occupational safety and health|occupational safety]].<ref name="Grant2017">{{cite news |
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|quote=Despite safety gains in many other industries, fishing continues to have the highest fatality rate of any employment sector in Canada. |
|quote=Despite safety gains in many other industries, fishing continues to have the highest fatality rate of any employment sector in Canada. |
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}}</ref> Additionally, the combined pressures of [[climate change]], [[biodiversity loss]] and overfishing endanger the livelihoods and [[food security]] of a substantial portion of the global population. |
}}</ref> Additionally, the combined pressures of [[climate change]], [[biodiversity loss]] and overfishing endanger the livelihoods and [[food security]] of a substantial portion of the global population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Climate Change Threatens Commercial Fishers From Maine to North Carolina |url=https://www.rutgers.edu/news/climate-change-threatens-commercial-fishers-maine-north-carolina |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.rutgers.edu |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Sectors== |
==Sectors== |
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[[File:Wash fish market.jpg|thumb|right|Fresh [[seafood]] laid out on one of several floating barge vendors at the [[Maine Avenue Fish Market]] in Washington D.C.]] |
[[File:Wash fish market.jpg|thumb|right|Fresh [[seafood]] laid out on one of several floating barge vendors at the [[Maine Avenue Fish Market]] in Washington D.C.]] |
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The industry has three principal sectors that include [[recreational fishing|recreational]], [[Artisan fishing|subsistence]] and [[commercial fishing]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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Other slightly different definitions exist, for example the Australian government uses:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frdc.com.au/industry/ |title=Industry |work=[[Fisheries Research and Development Corporation]] |access-date=December 28, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614105342/http://frdc.com.au/industry/ |archive-date=June 14, 2009}}</ref> |
Other slightly different definitions exist, for example the Australian government uses:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frdc.com.au/industry/ |title=Industry |work=[[Fisheries Research and Development Corporation]] |access-date=December 28, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614105342/http://frdc.com.au/industry/ |archive-date=June 14, 2009}}</ref> |
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* '''The commercial sector''': comprises enterprises and individuals associated with wild-catch or aquaculture resources and the various transformations of those resources into products for sale. It is also referred to as the |
* '''The commercial sector''': comprises enterprises and individuals associated with wild-catch or aquaculture resources and the various transformations of those resources into products for sale. It is also referred to as the seafood industry, although non-food items such as pearls are included among its products. |
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* '''The traditional sector''': comprises enterprises and individuals associated with fisheries resources from which aboriginal people derive products in accordance with their traditions. |
* '''The traditional sector''': comprises enterprises and individuals associated with fisheries resources from which aboriginal people derive products in accordance with their traditions. |
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* '''The recreational sector''': comprises enterprises and individuals associated for the purpose of recreation, sport or sustenance with fisheries resources from which products are derived that are not for sale. |
* '''The recreational sector''': comprises enterprises and individuals associated for the purpose of recreation, sport or sustenance with fisheries resources from which products are derived that are not for sale. |