Facts about Fish
If you enjoy fishing
and like to spend time on this interesting hobby and sport, then you might get
a chuckle after reading this article. We went ahead and covered a list of the
most interesting fishing facts for you to enjoy.
Fishing is the
activity of trying to catch fishes using different automated and traditional
techniques.
An angler is a person
who fishes with a rod and line.
One million Americans
spend an average of 17 days fishing.
Anglers spent a total
of $15.5 billion dollars on fishing in 2011.
An average angler
spends $1,261 on fishing each year.
Anglers spend almost
$300 million a year just on ice to preserve fishes longer.
Anglers spend more
than $1 billion a year on bait alone.
The fun thing about
sports fishing is that mostly, the caught fish is thrown back into the water.
Total Fishing
expenditures per year is $42.2 billion.
More than 44 million
Americans enjoy fishing every year.
Techniques for
catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, nesting, angling and trapping.
India is second
largest producer of fish worldwide.
There are 27,000
living species of fish worldwide, out of which 6,000 species are found in
Australian waters alone.
Fishing with spinning
outfits and fly rods are the most popular.
The act of fishing can
be divided into two categories: Sports fishing and commercial fishing.
Many people pursue
fishing as sports.
Fly fishing, a method
of fishing, was invented around 200 CE.
There are 21 million
fishermen and almost 200 million people depend on fishing to survive.
China has the world’s
largest fishing industry.
Fly fishing is the
most popular style of fishing.
The hungrier the fish
the easier is to catch.
The most common bait
fishing rig is a number 8 or 10 hook tied to 4 lb.
In Fishing, two types
of trolling are employed: flatline and down rigger.
Unfortunately, many
sea birds are also killed during fishing.
Drift Gill Netting is
one of the most destructive methods of fishing.
Fishing is most
popular outdoor activities in the U.S. from 2009 to 2016.
Trawling is one of the
most common methods of commercial fishing in the world.
Australia has a large
commercial fishing fleet.
The number of people
fishing and practising aquaculture worldwide has doubled since 1970.
Asia is the base for
the fish industry since 1980s.
Around 24,000 people
engaged in fishing, fish farming and processing are killed at work every year.
The world’s fishing
industry spends $124 billion every year to produce $70 billion worth of fish.
The world’s biggest
consumers of fish is Japan and the United States.
In line fishing, the
fish can be attracted by a natural or artificial bait to catch and hold the
fish.
China is the leading
country in terms of fishing.
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