The
fishing industry includes any industry or activity concerned with taking, culturing, processing, preserving, storing, transporting, marketing or selling fish or fish products. It is defined by the
Food and Agriculture Organization as including
recreational,
subsistence and
commercial fishing, and the harvesting,
processing, and
marketing sectors. The commercial activity is aimed at the delivery of
fish and other
seafood products for human consumption or as input factors in other industrial processes. Directly or indirectly, the livelihood of over 500 million people in developing countries depends on fisheries and aquaculture.