fishing: Media
food production
Videos
Listen to a discussion on land-based aquaculture and its efficiency
Learn about land-based aquaculture compared with ocean-based.
Video: © World Science Festival (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Ancient tradition of cormorant fishing in Japan
Learn about cormorant fishing, a traditional method of fishing practiced in Japan...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Overfishing: A threat to the oceans and marine life
Learn about the effects of overfishing and climate change on the world's fish supply.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Banol2007/Dreamstime.com
Learn about the contrasting ideas of size-selective fishing and balanced harvesting of fish to ensure adequate supply for future generations
Contrasting the differences between size-selective fishing and balanced harvesting...
Video: © MinuteEarth (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Subsistence fishing off the coast of Mombasa, Kenya
Learn about subsistence fishing practices in the Indian Ocean off the Kenyan coast.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Images
Fishing in the rapids
Enya (Wagenia) fishing in the rapids of the Congo River near Kisangani, Democratic...
SuperStock
Ifalik, Micronesia: fishermen
Fishermen with a catch of tuna, Ifalik, Micronesia.
Anders Ryman/Alamy
Sri Lanka: stilt fishing
Sri Lankans using stilts to practice a traditional form of fishing.
© Jaromír Chalabala/Dreamstime.com