Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught in the wild but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. “Fishing” may include catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales where the term whaling is more appropriate. In addition to being caught to be eaten, fish are caught as recreational pastimes. Fishing tournaments are held, and caught fish are …

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World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English

Reducing the impact of climate change on poor and vulnerable households is essential for hastening poverty reduction. In thinking about policies that do this, it is useful to apply the …

natural capital, such as farming, pastoralism, and fishing. Consequently, climate change, such as an increase


World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English

A Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) is a diagnostic instrument to analyze key constraints to growth, support policy dialogue with the government, and inform engagement with different stakeholders. During February 2023 …

exports Figure 51: Main source of income from fishing Figure 52: Export destinations for tuna (2020) includes the harvesting of plantation crops and fishing. The industry sector is fairly limited, accounting Approximately 47 percent of households engage in fishing activities, which are integral to providing a Generally, fishing serves as a complementary livelihood activity for three- quarters of fishing households extent to which fishing is a primary income source. Alongside the subsistence fishing sector sits commercial


World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English

A Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) is a diagnostic instrument to analyze key constraints to growth, support policy dialogue with the government, and inform engagement with different stakeholders. During February 2023 …

position to derive additional revenue from sales of fishing access and the further onshoring of tuna processing


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 17 October 2024 English

This study examines how Cohesion Policy can support climate adaptation, regional resilience and sustainable businesses in the EU. It identifies regional and sectoral adaptation needs, maps relevant EU policy instruments …

Primary sectors, including agriculture, forestry, fishing, and mining, are highly climate- sensitive, facing at risk, impacting local economies reliant on fishing, marine tourism, and ecosystem services. To address This includes the implementation of sustainable fishing practices, the establishment of marine protected Coastal areas Fishing, tourism, real estate, ports, transportation Islands Agriculture, fishing, tourism resilience and economic sustainability 23 The fishing industry faces significant challenges as climate


UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 17 October 2024 English

Over 698 million young people, ages 15-35, live in fragile and conflict-affected settings. These settings are highly affected by climate change. Young people find themselves in unique positions – they …

sorghum and millet, practice livestock herding and fishing, is now significantly impacted by climate variability


World Bank Group · 16 October 2024 English

settlements near creak, labours, transporters, fishing community. Other interested parties include fishermen diminishing their value. Pollution, intensive commercial fishing, and development pressure, climate-induced weather settlements near creak, Labours, transporters, fishing community. Larger Community NGO, Contractor Fishermen Saving cum Relief Scheme and during fishing ban period. • Common observations by the participants processing units, warehouses for fish storage, modern fishing equipment, net mending sheds, etc. are highly


World Bank Group · 16 October 2024 English

local communities. In the coastal states, the fishing industry alone is estimated to directly employ along the coast, such as intensive commercial fishing, construction, and sandmining, adversely affect Women are culturally excluded from jobs such as fishing, suggesting that the employment gap may be even even wider in coastal districts where fishing is the primary occupation. Consequently, female livelihoods temperature and rainfalls, affecting communities, fishing harbors, and tourism. Over one- third of the state’s


World Bank Group · 16 October 2024 English

agrarian engaging about 60% of the workforce. Fishing is one of the major sources of livelihood with the main source of earning is agricultural and fishing. As per 2016 estimates, the total population is


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 16 October 2024 English

The party, in a surprise change of tone, took the bull by the horns as it announced the launch of a movement in Punjab, resisting any maneuvering on the part …

located in Balochistan. Initially, Gwadar was a fishing village. Thanks to the China-Pakistan Economic


World Bank Group · 16 October 2024 English

stocks within the maximum sustainable yield for fishing. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of


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