Fisheries is the term used to define industries involved in the harvesting, processing, and marketing of aquatic products. In a broad sense, fisheries is a term used to describe areas of water bodies, species of organisms being harvested, methods of harvesting, and the people involved in any of these processes. Fisheries products are not limited to fish; rather they include the entire span of aquatic organisms, both marine and freshwater. There is a great variety of such resources—and great... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science, 2022. 3p.