A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals in the sea, lake or river. Humans have used different kinds of surface vessels in commercial, artisana
Crab boat working the North Sea
Fishing boats lashed together in a tidal creek in Anjarle village, Maharashtra, India
Viking boat showing clinker planking.
Herring Buss taking aboard its drift net (G. Groenewegen).
Fishing techniques are methods for catching fish. The term may also be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as molluscs and edible marine invertebrates.
Ama diver in Japan
Noodling for catfish in southern USA
A Hupa man with his spear
A fisherman casting a net in Kerala, India