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'''Fishing''' is the activity of trying to catch [[fish]]., Fishwhich are often caught as [[wildlife]] from the [[natural environment]] ([[freshfreshwater waterecosystem|freshwater]] or [[Marinemarine ecosystem|marine]]), but may also be caught from [[fish stocking|stocked]] [[bodies of water]] such as [[fish pond|ponds]], [[canal]]s, [[park]] [[wetland]]s and [[reservoir]]s. [[Fishing techniques]] include [[trawling]], [[Longline fishing|longlining]], [[jigging]], [[gathering seafood by hand|hand-gathering]], [[spearfishing|spearing]], [[fish net|netting]], [[angling]], [[bowfishing|shooting]] and [[fish trap|trapping]], as well as [[destructive fishing practices|more destructive]] and often [[illegal fishing|illegal]] techniques such as [[electrofishing|electrocution]], [[blast fishing|blasting]] and [[cyanide fishing|poisoning]].
 
The term fishing broadly includes catching [[aquatic animal]]s other than fish, such as [[crustacean]]s ([[shrimp]]/[[lobster]]s/[[crab]]s), [[shellfish]], [[cephalopod]]s ([[octopus]]/[[squid]]) and [[echinoderm]]s ([[starfish]]/[[sea urchin]]s). The term is not normally applied to harvesting fish raised in [[aquaculture|controlled cultivations]] ([[fish farm]]ing). Nor is it normally applied to hunting [[aquatic mammal]]s, where terms like [[whaling]] and [[seal hunting|sealing]] are used instead.
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Steam trawlers were introduced at [[Grimsby]] and [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] in the 1880s. In 1890 it was estimated that there were 20,000 men on the North Sea. The steam drifter was not used in the herring fishery until 1897. The last sailing fishing trawler was built in 1925 in Grimsby. Trawler designs adapted as the way they were powered changed from sail to coal-fired steam by [[World War I]] to [[Diesel engine|diesel]] and [[turbines]] by the end of [[World War II]].
 
In 1931, the first powered drum was created by Laurie Jarelainen. The drum was a circular device that was set to the side of the boat and would draw in the nets. Since [[World War II]], [[radio navigation aid]]s and [[Fishfinder|fish finders]] have been widely used. The first trawlers fished over the side, rather than over the [[stern]]. The first purpose-built stern trawler was ''Fairtry'' built in 1953 at [[Aberdeen]], Scotland. The ship was much larger than any other trawlers then in operation and inaugurated the era of the 'super trawler'. As the ship pulled its nets over the stern, it could lift out a much greater haul of up to 60 tons.<ref name="hulltrawler">{{cite web|title=HISTORY|url=http://www.hulltrawler.net/Stern/additions/History.htm|url-status=deadusurped|access-date=16 July 2014|archive-date=21 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821172332/http://www.hulltrawler.net/Stern/additions/History.htm}}</ref> The ship served as a basis for the expansion of 'super trawlers' around the world in the following decades.<ref name="hulltrawler"/>
 
===Recreational fishing===
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