Fishing Industry in Pakistan

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Fishing Industry

Names of major fish harbours of Pakistan;

• Karachi Fish Harbour – the biggest and oldest. Handles 90% of fish and seafood catch and 95% of fishing exports.

• Karachi fisheries Harbor

• Korangi Fish Harbour

• Pasni Fish Harbours

• Gwadar Fish Harbour

The fishing methods include the basic and modern methods both.

• Cast nets (thrown by hand) are usually used in wooden boats. Traditional fishing vessels shoot gill-net during evenings and fetch them out in the morning, this helps catch fish species like tuna, etc. 

• Fishing Trawlers – commercial fishing vessels which is designed to drag and pull a trawl (fishing nets pulled at the bottom of the sea or at a specified depth)

•  Modern Vessels -  

• Mechanized fishing boats

• Gillnetters  

• Freezing vessels (used only in exclusive economic zones)

Gillnets

Mechanized Fishing Vessel

Bottom Trawl

Cast Net

Traditional Wooden Boats

Fish Preservation by Salting

Fish Preservation by Drying