Fishery Arts

DEFINITION OF TERMS
Definition of terms
Fishery (plural: fisheries) - is an organized effort by humans to catch fish or other
aquatic species, an activity known as fishing.
Tianyuan Man – are the remains of one of the earliest modern human to inhabit
East Asia
Fish Culture – the human effort of raising the maximum productivity of fish and
other fishery aquatic products and maintaining the supply of these products to
satisfy human needs
Fish Capture – branch of fishery science deals with the scientific method of
catching fish as well and the type of fishing gear used
Fish Preservation – branch of fishery science that deals with the scientific
method of preserving fish and other fishery aquatic products to prevent spoilage
LESSON 1: DEFINITION OF
FISHERY AND ITS IMPORTANCE
What is FISHERY?
◦ As the time goes by, different centuries and generation are past. The original
term of fish were interpret by various early people. The term has a different
version to another set of people. From the Proto-Indo-European(4500 BC to
2500 BC) it is used as peysk/pisk. It was used for numbered centuries, then,
the term was again change because of the passing of generation to generation
and another generation. The term in the language of Proto-Germanic (500
BC) was fiskaz. The term in West Frisian was fisk, in Dutch was vis, in Danish
and Norwegian was fisk, in German was fisch. Old English adopted it and
later it was coined as fisc. Today, the contemporary English now term it as
fish. In our Philipinelocal term is isda.
LESSON 1: DEFINITION OF
FISHERY AND ITS IMPORTANCE
◦ Fish is approximately 34,000 species of vertebrate scaly-skinned animal, which
swims and found in the fresh and salt waters of the world. It breathes under the
water because of their gills, absorbing the oxygen from the water to suffice the
needs of body to live. Fish is a vertebrate being because they have a skeleton with
a spine. Just like mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, fish have a skeleton
made from bone. But rays and sharks have a skeleton made of a rubbery, softer
substance called cartilage. A fish wiggle its tail to swim through water.
◦ Their fins function as the steer and support their body to stay upright. Fins are
covered in skin without scale. Bony rays supported the fins to maintain the
structure and functionality of fins. A fish has an armored body by scales to protect
from the parasites and other injuries. Scales also gives the fish a reflectors and
coloration to hide and camouflage themselves from the predators’ sight.
LESSON 1: DEFINITION OF
FISHERY AND ITS IMPORTANCE
◦ Fishery (plural: fisheries) is an organized effort by humans to catch fish or other aquatic
species, an activity known as fishing including the processing and marketing as well as
protecting and conserving fish and other fishery product for sustainable use.
◦ VALUE OF fishery
Fishery has a vital role in the life and progress of an economy. It does provide food which
is the basic needs of mankind, yet not only sustain food and raw material but also
employment opportunities to a vast number of the population in country. It can be a
source of livelihood which can lead to contribute to micro and macro community;
supplying, sustaining food and fodder that are the basic necessities of human to live,
promoting the diplomatic relationship facilitated by trading system in local, national and
international, marketable surplus products, protect our environment and natural
resources, another source of savings of the entire national budget and basis of the
economic development of a country.
LESSON 1: DEFINITION OF
FISHERY AND ITS IMPORTANCE
◦ Without fishery, the economy will be at high risk to food security that may be
resulted into serious national problems. The above mentioned statements
may occur obverse and the opposite of those things may happen.
 LESSON 2:
BRIEF HISTORY OF FISHERY
◦ Regular eating of freshwater fish was evident in 42,000 and 39,000 years ago by the
Tianyuan man. Hunter-gatherer lifestyle was the mostly work of the people. So, they
move a lot because they seek their food. The only permanent settlement is the cave
and/or shell midden. Discarded fish bone and carved painting in the caves was
supported the evidence that fishing was occurring in the early ages. Based from the arts
was observed, they hunt fish at the salt and freshwater. One of the examples is from the
Southern France, the cave art is 16,000 years old. It represents the marine animals and
spearfishing with barbed poles also known as harpoons. Main fishing methods
appearing in the Neolithic times between 8,000 and 4,000 years ago. One of the early
fishing hooks was gorge hook used by Native Americans of the California coast between
7,500 to 3,000 year ago. Some other tribes used plant toxins to numb fish and fish it out
easily. Harappans (people that lived during the Bronze Age at the place of today’s
archaeological site in Punjab, Eastern Pakistan,) used one of the first bronze harpoons.
LESSON 2:
BRIEF HISTORY OF FISHERY
◦ Ancient Egypt was famously known as the sea-side settlers and heavily
dependent to the fishing. Method of fishing used on the Nile River was shown
at their artworks which are at the wall tomb, on drawing and papyrus
documents. Ancient Egyptian fished in small reed ships Nile perch, catfish and
eels, and used woven nets, weir baskets, harpoons, and hook and line to catch
them. The first metal barbed fish hooks appeared during the 12th dynasty.
◦ Ancient Greeks considered fisherman of very low status so that they depicted
them in art. Despite of this, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has a Greek wine
cup from 500 BC that shows a boy that crouches on a rock and has a fishing
rod in his hand and a fish trap in water below him. Basically – all civilizations
that lived near the water have developed some forms of fishing and relied on
fish as a part of their diet to some extent.
LESSON 2:
BRIEF HISTORY OF FISHERY
◦ It is not known when commercial fishing started but was characteristic for it was that is used
types of fishing which allowed for a larger catch. To do that, fishermen used gillnets which
existed from ancient times. Thy were used in Middle East, North America and other places
and are still used in pacific Northwest, Canada and Alaska. Early fishermen used nets close to
the coast but with improvements in navigation and communication devices, mobility of
fishing vessels increased largely and they started conquering the oceans. Beside fish, catch of
commercial fishermen are sea cucumbers (so called “trepanging”) for markets of Southern
China and the rest of Southeast Asia.
◦ Except primarily for food, fishing is used as recreational activity. The first mention of
recreational fishing dates from 15th century and it comes from essay “Treatyse of
Fysshyngewyth an Angle” by dame Juliana Berners, the prioress of the Benedictine Sopwell
Nunnery. This type of fishing became popular during the 16th and 17th centuries and it was
performed on rivers and lakes. When the first motorboats appeared in 19th century, big-
game fishing started to be popular. Dr.Charles Frederick Holder, a marine biologist and early
conservationist is considered an inventor of this branch of fishing.
LESSON 2:
BRIEF HISTORY OF FISHERY
◦ Fishing is still today popular as a sport and as part of economy of
some country. Fishery is the business of catching, handling, taking,
marketing, and preserving of the fish and other fishery products.
Seat Work
Direction: Based from what your own views, answer the following questions.
1. What is the definition of Fishery?
2. What is the value of Fishery?
3. Does our archipelagic nation in fishery sector can suffice the needs of the people in our
country? Explain why or why not.
4. In what ways you can promote the Fishery industry to your barangay? Justify.
5. Discuss the history of fishery way back from the ancient origins until the contemporary times.
Emphasize the innovations that are made.
6. Why is it important to know and understand the history of fishery? Explain your answer.
7. How can you appreciate the history of fishery?