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  2. Human impact on marine life - Wikipedia

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    In 2024 a study [147] was released, dedicated to the impact of fishing and non fishing ships on the coastal waters of the ocean when 75% of the industrial activity occur. According to the study: "A third of fish stocks are operated beyond biologically sustainable levels and an estimated 30–50% of critical marine habitats have been lost owing ...

  3. History of fishing - Wikipedia

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    The Great Fish Market, painted by Jan Brueghel the Elder. Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 70,000 years. Since the 16th century, fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit of fish, and since the 19th century it has been possible to use larger vessels and in some cases process the fish on board.

  4. Fishing - Wikipedia

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    Fishing tools from the Mesolithic and Neolithic period. Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back to at least the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period about 40,000 years ago. [4] Isotopic analysis of the remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish.

  5. These ocean explorers have seen the damage done by ... - AOL

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    The world’s oceans are under threat from rising sea temperatures, marine pollution and overfishing. ... a fishing method that involves dragging nets along the seabed to catch species that live ...

  6. Ocean fisheries - Wikipedia

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    A large part of the European drainage basin empties into the North Sea including water from the Baltic Sea. Fishing in the North Sea is concentrated in the southern part of the coastal waters. The main method of fishing is trawling. Annual catches grew each year until the 1980s, when a high point of more than 3 million metric tons (3.3 million ...

  7. Three people dead after fishing ship capsizes off South ... - AOL

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    Three people died after a fishing ship hit a rock and capsized off a southwestern island of South Korea on Saturday, officials said. The accident occurred near Gageo Island in Sinan, South Jeolla ...

  8. Fisherman - Wikipedia

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    Fishing has existed as a means of obtaining food since the Mesolithic period. Fishing had become a major means of survival as well as a business venture. [4] Fishing and fishermen have also influenced Ancient Egyptian religion; mullets were worshipped as a sign of the arriving flood season. Bastet was often manifested in the form of a catfish.

  9. Four people rescued after fishing boat sinks - AOL

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    Oban RNLI lifeboat and a coastguard helicopter went to the scene.