Fishing

Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages, the territory has become one of the world's most significant financial centres and commercial ports.

Historically otters have been used by humans to aid in the process of fishing all over the world.

Nowadays this technique is still practiced in Bangladesh, where trained otters are used to chase fish into fishing nets.

During the first half of the 20th Century, bald eagles were considered a threat to the salmon fishing industry and over 100,000 eagles were killed.

The harvesting of wild seafood is usually known as fishing or hunting, while the cultivation and farming of seafood is known as aquaculture or fish farming (in the case of fish).

Early examples of permanent settlements, such as those at Lepenski Vir, were almost always associated with fishing as a major source of food.

The Egyptians had implements and methods for fishing.

Fishing scenes are rarely represented in ancient Greek culture, a reflection of the low social status of fishing.

Pictorial evidence of Roman fishing comes from mosaics.

The symbol has been used to represent Amsterdam since 1505 when Amsterdam was still a little fishing town.

Amsterdam's heritage is that of a small fishing village located behind a dyke (or dam) on the River Amstel.

Many of the species of endangered fish in Halong Bay are being threatened by the game fishing that occurs near the coral reefs.

Did you know that Tokyo was once a small fishing village called Edo?