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Fisheries ministries and agencies
Fisheries ministries and agencies are the government bodies that make and apply fishing policy, handling research, regulation, vessel registration, and licenses; some countries embed fisheries in agriculture ministries, others give it a standalone ministry.
Fisheries ministries and departments of Asia
Fisheries ministries and departments of Asia surveys national fisheries authorities in China, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Taiwan, comparing standalone ministries with departments inside agriculture ministries.
Fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance
Fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) is the compliance system for fishery management, using VMS, AIS, observers, inspections, and port state measures to enforce rules and combat IUU fishing.
Fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance in West Africa
Fisheries monitoring, control, and surveillance in West Africa is the regional system for fighting illegal fishing, which costs coastal states from Mauritania to Nigeria about $2.3 billion a year.
Fisheries Museum
A fisheries museum is a museum dedicated to fishing: its industry, gear, vessels, and communities, sometimes specializing in products like tuna or salt, and often paired with aquariums.
Fisheries observer
Fisheries observer: trained biological technician deployed on commercial fishing vessels and at plants to independently record catch, discards, and protected species bycatch; 891 U.S. observers cover 53 fisheries, with observer effect bias and electronic monitoring as the main alternative.
Fisheries of the North Sea
The fisheries of the North Sea are commercial fishing by about 7,000 vessels, landing around 1.5 million tonnes a year and managed jointly by the EU, UK, and Norway.
Fisheries of the Pacific Ocean
The fisheries of the Pacific Ocean produced 59 percent of the world's marine fish catch in 2016, led by the Northwest Pacific off East Asia and Russia.
Fisheries research vessel
A fisheries research vessel is a ship purpose-built or converted for fisheries science at sea, chiefly acoustic and trawl surveys estimating fish stocks, plus fishery oceanography.
Fisheries subsidy
Fisheries subsidy: government action or inaction altering fishing-industry profits, from fuel tax breaks to vessel grants. Estimated at USD 35.4 billion globally in 2018; disciplined by the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, in force 15 September 2025.
Fisherman
A fisherman, sometimes called a fisherperson, is a person who catches fish for sale or subsistence from a vessel or shore; over 32,000 fishers die on the job each year.
Fisherman's Blues
Fisherman's Blues is The Waterboys' fourth album, released October 1988 on Chrysalis. Recorded 1986–88 in Dublin and Galway, it traded the band's "big music" rock for Irish folk, country, and blues, and became their best-selling record.
Fisherman's Friend
Fisherman's Friend is a strong menthol, eucalyptus, and liquorice throat lozenge created in 1865 by Fleetwood pharmacist James Lofthouse, made by family firm Lofthouse of Fleetwood, and sold in over 100 countries.
Fisherman's Friends
Fisherman's Friends: male sea-shanty group from Port Isaac, Cornwall, formed by village friends around 1990-1995; 2010 Universal deal, Gold UK top-ten album, 2019 film, and own festival.
Fisherman's Friends (film)
Fisherman's Friends is a 2019 British comedy-drama directed by Chris Foggin, starring Daniel Mays and James Purefoy, inspired by the Port Isaac sea shanty band's Island Records deal, top-ten album, and Glastonbury performance.
Fisherman's knot
The fisherman's knot, also called the angler's knot, is a bend of two interlocked overhand knots used to join two ropes of equal diameter, especially in fishing.
Fishermen
Fishermen, or yufu (渔父), is a standard subject of Chinese literati painting in which the solitary angler symbolizes the scholar recluse, from the Tang dynasty onward.
Fishers Island, New York
Fishers Island is a resort island in Southold, New York, in eastern Long Island Sound, four miles from Connecticut and reachable only by ferry or plane.
Fishery
Fishery: harvesting of fish from the wild (capture fishery) or producing fish through aquaculture, defined by target species, area, and gear. Covers fisheries science, management, small-scale fisheries, and global stock status.
Fishes (The Bear)
"Fishes" is the sixth episode of season 2 of FX's The Bear, a 66-minute Christmas Eve flashback written by Joanna Calo and Christopher Storer; it depicts the Berzatto family's Feast of the Seven Fishes dinner and won three Creative Arts Emmys in 2024.
Fisheye lens
A fisheye lens is an ultra-wide-angle camera lens that maps a field of view of 180 degrees or more onto the sensor with strong barrel distortion.
Fishfinder
A fishfinder is a marine sonar instrument that transmits ultrasonic waves and displays their echoes, showing fish schools, water depth, and the seabed on a screen.
Fishing
Fishing: catching fish and aquatic organisms commercially, recreationally, or for subsistence. Wild capture was 91 million tons in 2022; 64.5% of assessed marine stocks are sustainably exploited; aquaculture surpassed wild catch in 2022.
Fishing area
Fishing area: any delimited sea or inland water zone where fishing occurs or is regulated, also called a fishing ground. Distinguished by FAO statistical areas (19 marine areas), VMS-defined grounds, and legal closures.
Fishing cat
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus), a Vulnerable wetland wild cat of South and Southeast Asia that preys mainly on fish; population 3,200–7,500, declining over 30% from 2008 to 2023.
Fishing fleet
A fishing fleet is the set of vessels operated by a country, region, or fishery for catching fish, including supporting vessels like motherships, fish carriers, and reefers.
Fishing in India
Fishing in India, marine and inland fisheries plus aquaculture, is the world's second largest fish producer, at 197.75 lakh tonnes in 2024–25 with exports of Rs.73,890 crore.
Fishing industry
Fishing industry: the global sector harvesting wild fish (capture fisheries) and farming aquatic animals and plants (aquaculture). FAO reports 195 million tonnes of aquatic animals in 2024, aquaculture topping 100 million tonnes, 61.8 million primary-sector workers, and 35.5 percent of marine stocks overexploited.
Fishing industry in Canada
The fishing industry in Canada, also known as fishing in Canada, comprises commercial fisheries, aquaculture, and seafood processing employing about 65,000 people, with $8.47 billion in seafood exports in 2025.
Fishing lure
A fishing lure is an artificial bait attached to a fishing line, designed to attract fish by imitating prey, triggering instinct through motion, color, or scent.