Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial...

Industrial Revolutions. In addition to fishing for food, people commonly fish as a recreational pastime. Fishing tournaments are held, and caught fish...

Recreational fishermen usually fish either from a boat or from a shoreline or river bank. When fishing from a boat, or fishing vessel, most fishing techniques...

challengeri, and 23,086 kg (50,896 lb) of Sagmariasus verreauxi. Recreational fishing of lobsters ("crayfishing") in New Zealand does not require a permit...

vessels in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing. Prior to the 1950s there was little standardisation of fishing boats. Designs could vary between...

be gill-netted and sold as bait for use in recreational fishing. Northern cisco are fished recreationally in many parts of the United States and Canada...

appropriate, or to farmed fish. In addition to providing food, modern fishing is also recreational sport. According to FAO statistics, the total number of fishermen...

commercial fishing, whereas fishing tackle is more often used in the context of recreational fishing. This article covers equipment used by recreational anglers...

hard on the end of anglers' lines, making them an appealing target for recreational fisherman. Since its introduction to the waters of the United States...

caught on lines and with fishing lures. In Australia, the barramundi is used to stock freshwater reservoirs for recreational fishing. These "impoundment barramundi"...