Three nets with different sized holes catch fish by their teeth or gills. These nets damage biodiversity and were banned in 1992.
Tangle net (fishing technique)
deep-sea fishing
fishing in the deep sea. Requires many fishing boats.
marine fishing
fishing in the ocean
aquaculture
breeding of aquatic species in underwater farms known as fish farms.
This technique is commonly used for deep sea-fishing. A long fishingline with hooks along it traps many different types of fish.
Longlines (fishing technique)
Fishermen detect banks of fish with radar. They surround them with a circular net, trapping the fish inside.
Seine fishing (fishing techique)
Fisherman drag a cone-shaped net along the bottom of the sea. Trawling damamges biodiversity because its impossible to be selective about what the net catches.
Trawling (fishing technique)
fleet
group of boats that sail together.
fishermen install these mazes made of netting close to the coast, in places that fish often pass through as they migrate.
Trap nets (fishing technique)
hook
Pieice of metal which is curved at one end, used for catching fish.
Overfishing
Exessive fishing, which depletes the number of fish in the sea.
ship or large boat
vessel
ban
prohibit something by law
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