Stilts fishermen, Sri Lanka

Fishing with nets, Mexico

Fishing boat in a heavy sea

Fishermen in the harbor of Kochi, India.

John George Brown: Waiting for a Bite, Central Park

A Push-up trap developed by Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences for a more accurate and less harmful fishing.

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fishing can be done in the sea, or in a lake or river, and by boat or from the shore.

Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping.