🐟 Fishing series: From the fishing rod to ultra-productive fish farms: Difference between revisions

[[File:Anchoveta.jpeg|thumb|Thumbnailed image|The peruvian “Anchoveta”, the most heavily exploited fish in world history]]

🍤&nbsp;&nbsp;<u><b>Molluscs</b></u>  

These farms make use of large natural ponds. Their production relies on natural cycles, although the fish may be additionaly fed  with locally available crop waste. Very little or no processed feed is used.

Intensive farming requires human-built ponds, often digged or placed on land. These pools are maintained thanks to electric pumping systems. The fish is exclusively fed with industrially produced feeds<ref>Pellets containing vegetable proteins, fish meal and fish oils</ref>.

As its name indicates, Capture fishery refers to various practices involving the capture/harvesting of naturally occurring living resources in both marine<ref>Open seas, coastal regions, inland seas, etc…</ref> and freshwater<ref>Lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, etc…</ref> environments. If the industry involves the capture of finfish<ref name=Finfish />, mollusks and crustaceans, the largest part of its yield consists of finfish. Indeed, as capture fishing's most productive practices rely on draging or setting nets in open waters, swimming finfishs will have a much larger chance of getting caught than any other species.  

<li>Yellowfin tuna<ref>The famous red tuna that we can easilly find in our fish shops</ref></li>

In comparison to the Aquaculture sector, the diversity of species resulting from Capture fishing is much larger. The first reason being that eventhough specific marine areas can  concentrate a large percentage of a particular species, a fishing boat will, however, hardly be able select exactly which species will end up in its net. Moreover, not all species can be raised in aquaculture: humans did not “domesticate” so many of them<ref><small>“Two scenarios for the future of aquaculture are discussed: either the industry focuses on few truly domesticated species, similar to the path taken by agriculture, but avoiding its negative impacts or aquaculture proceeds with inter‐specific diversification by focusing primarily on the domestication of native species.”</small> F. Teletchea, P.Fontaine, <i>Levels of domestication in fish: implications for the sustainable future of aquaculture</i>, Abstract, Fish & fisheries, vol.15, Issue 2, 2014.</ref>, as we do not fully master their captive reproduction because we started later than for land animals. This explains why fishing stalls offer a much larger variety of species than that of the butcher’s. The second being that the choice of species farmed in Aquaculture depends on offer and demand, whereas capture Fishery relies only on geography.   

<li>[https://youtu.be/BnmGbDN278Y/ Bottom trawling] (Heavy nets dragged accross the seabed)<ref>This practice relies on dragging a net or a line with hooks along the bottom of the ocean, or whatever body of water is being fished in.</ref><br></li>

<li>Long line trawling (long lines equiped with thousands of hooks)<ref>This pratice relies on long fishing lines equiped with multiple hooks which is set float and drift in the water. This method creates bycatch and kills unwanted species. Lines can often break, float about and unintendly hurt fish: this is known as “ghost fishing”.</ref><br></li>