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Fishing is the activity of huntingfor fishby hooking, trapping, or gathering. By extension, the term fishing is applied to pursuing other aquatic animals such as various types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, frogs,and some edible marine invertebrates. The term fishing is not usually applied to pursuing aquatic mammals such as whales, where the term "whaling" is more appropriate. Fishing is an ancient and worldwide practice with various techniques and traditions and it has been transformed by modern technological developments. Fishing can be commercial--where harvested fish enter the food supply for profits, recreational--where participants are primarily fishing for sport and pleasure, professional or competitive-where participants fish for monetary and other rewards, as well as subsistence--where participants fish primarily to provide food for their families and communities. More about fishing...

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Fish soup (Russian: уха, Hungarian: halászlé; Bulgarian: рибена чорба, ribena chorba; Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian: riblja čorba, riblji paprikaš; Macedonian: рибина чорба, ribina čorba; Greek: ψαρόσουπα, psarosoupa) is hot soup prepared with mixed river fish, characteristic for cuisines of the Pannonian plain and the Balkans, especially the wider region around the river Danube. The meal originates from Slavic cuisine.

Traditionally, fish soup is prepared in small kettles on open fire by fishermen themselves.

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Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout. Salmon live in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as the Great Lakes and other land locked lakes.

Salmon has long been at the heart of the culture and livelihood of coastal dwellers. Most peoples of the Northern Pacific shore had a ceremony to honor the first return of the year. For many centuries, people caught salmon as they swam upriver to spawn. A famous spearfishing site on the Columbia River at Celilo Falls was inundated after great dams were built on the river. The Ainu, of northern Japan, taught dogs how to catch salmon as they returned to their breeding grounds en masse.

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Did you know...

...fishing is a very ancient practise that dates back to the Mesolithic peroid .
...fishing scenes are rarely represented in ancient Greek culture, a reflection of the low social status of fishing.
...that the hook for angling used during the Swedish Stone Age,found in Skåne was made of bone.
...that the spear fishing is an ancient method of fishing and may be conducted with an ordinary spear or a specialised variant such as an eel spear or the trident.

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Fishing techniques: Ice fishing, Cyanide fishing, Blast fishing, Squirrel fishing, Fly fishing, Lobster fishingFishing equipment: Fishing net, Sinker (fishing), Fishing line, Braided line, Monofilament line, Multifilament line, Chinese fishing nets, Fishing light attractor, Fishing rod, Fishing vesselModern fishing: Fishery, Angling, Big-game fishing, Fishing industryOthers: Environmental effects of fishing, Overfishing, Fishing rules and regulations

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