North American Fishing Resource
Fish In the early 1500’s immigrants from Europe came to North America, and found an astounding amount of fish in many areas. ... 5% of the Canadian economy is made up by the fishing industry, however that is not to say in many mari-time locations the industry does not play a major role. ... There are two main types of fishing that occurs at this present time; commercial fishing and recreational fishing. Commercial fishing by far catches the most fish however in 1990 sports fishermen (almost 6. ... The government has noticed this fact and is beginning to encourage sports fishing more and more as time proceeds. ... The Grand Banks is the richest fishing grounds in the world and outstretches close to 200 miles from Canada’s coast in most areas. ... On the other hand two thirds of the sports fishing that occurred happened in Ontario. Since so many people rely on fish as a resource it is very important to preserve that resource. Sadly however due to bad fishing regulations and over fishing many fish species have suffered devastating blows.