A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 mi). From Neolithic times, these coastlines, as well as the shorelines of inland lakes and the banks of rivers, have been punctuated with fishing villages. Most surviving fishing villages are traditional.
An unconventional floating fishing village in Halong Bay, Vietnam
The dhoni is a traditional village fishing boat still used for fishing in the Maldives.
Po Toi O is a small active fishing village at Clear Water Bay Peninsula near Hong Kong
A fishing village at Jurmo Island in Korpo, Finland
Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place. Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both in freshwater waterbodies and the oceans. About 500 million people worldwide are economically dependent on fisheries. 171 million tonnes of fish were produced in 2016, but overfishing is an increasing problem, causing declines in some populations.
Salmon spawn in a salmon fishery within the Becharof Wilderness in Southwest Alaska.
% of fisheries exploited over time
Fishermen in Sesimbra, Portugal
A signboard listing fishing regulations at Horton Creek, Arizona
