| Fishing is a form of hunting which requires the | | | | Paintings of these people in tomb scenes were |
| catching of fish by means of hooks and or traps. | | | | innovative when it came to fishing. The use of |
| The terminology does not limit itself to fish alone | | | | buckets, nets, traps, harpoon lines and hooks |
| because it may also be linked with the act of | | | | were present during those times. Later on, metal |
| catching other edible aquatic animals. The act of | | | | hooks with herbs as baits came into the picture. It |
| fishing goes back to ancient times and had its | | | | was also that during these times, the practice of |
| share of different styles and developments as | | | | clubbing to totally kill the captured fish started. |
| new technologies and means were introduced. | | | | The Romans and the Greeks also depicted some |
| Fishing has also earned its reputation not only as a | | | | scenarios of fishing in the ancient times but it |
| means for producing food but also as a | | | | usually was connected with the lower status quo. |
| recreational activity. | | | | Through all the developments that fishing has |
| Fishing is said to have begun as a practice as | | | | undergone the basics have just been mixed with |
| early as 10,000 years ago. Evidence were seen in | | | | new forms of catching materials to make things |
| cave paintings that showed and depicted the act | | | | more convenient for the fisherman. Materials such |
| of fishing and near the area of the paintings were | | | | as spears, hooks and even electricity are being |
| dug out bones of seafood consumed in large | | | | used to fish. Other forms like harpoons and |
| amounts. In those times when people lived a | | | | explosives are illegal in some areas in the world. |
| hunting-gathering lifestyle, fishing was one of the | | | | Harpooning is usually associated with the whale |
| most essential acts of survival. Early settlements | | | | species. Whales these days have become scarce |
| were usually found near bodies of water. As an | | | | and are now considered as endangered. Groups of |
| option and as a necessity, fishing was another | | | | whale protectors have surfaced to protect the |
| alternative to acquire food. | | | | animals. Explosives, on the other hand causes |
| It was the Neolithic culture which made the basic | | | | damage to the area it hits. Not only does it kill a |
| forms of fishing spread through other parts of | | | | number of fishes in a single explosion but it also |
| the world, aside from pottery and agriculture. The | | | | damages the habitat around the area, from the |
| Egyptians were blessed with the river Nile. | | | | destruction of the corals to the sea bed itself. |