According to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), the total number of commercial fishermen and fish farmers is estimated to be 38 million around the globe. Fisheries and aquaculture provide direct and indirect employment to over 500 million people. In Puerto Vallarta, aside from tourism fishing has also been one of the main employment factors.
While fishing is technically defined as the act of catching fish the term also encompass catching other aquatic animals such as mollusks, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms.
There are several ways to catch a fish which includes hand gathering, spearing, netting and trapping. Generally if you use nets, there are certain provisions for the size of net mesh to be used so as to prevent gathering small fishes.
Deep sea fishing is a term for gathering fish that live below the photic zone of the ocean. The photic zone typically extends only a few hundred meters below the water.
The lantern fish is the most common deep sea fish. Many species of deep sea fish are noticeably smaller and have larger mouths and guts than those living at the surface. Observations made by those who practice deep sea fishing says that the deeper a fish lives, the more jelly-like its flesh and the more minimal its bone structure. This makes them slower and less agile compared to surface fish, which we commonly see.
Sport fishing is a recreational activity where the primary reward is the challenge of finding and catching the instead of the financial or culinary value of the fish or its meat.
At Puerto Vallarta, fish sought after include marlin and Dorado.
Sport fishing is primarily for pleasure or competition therefore it has conventions and rules, licensing and restrictions as well as laws that specify the way in which fish may be caught. One cardinal rule is that the use of nets and the catching of fish with hooks should not be in the mouth.
In the past, if a sport fisher would not eat their catch but would kill them to bring them to shore and have them weighed or preserved so they can be used as trophies. Today, sport fishermen catch and then release the fish which involves putting identity tags to the fish and then record its vital statistics and finally, sending a record to a government agency.
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