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