Fishing and forestry

4. FISHING AND FORESTRY FISHING - Fishing involves catching fish and other aquatic animals: - for direct consumption - use as raw materials for industry.

Industrial fishing is carried out in seas and oceans.

We can distinguish into: 1.

Coastal Fishing: - Near the coast - Daily activity - It uses small boats - It uses traditional techniques It products are sold at local fish markets (lonjas) and markets.

2. Deep-sea fishing: - It is carried out in areas a long way from the coast - It uses medium-sized boats that go out in flotillas - They stayed out more than ten days.

- The process of preserving the fish begins at sea.

3.Deep-sea fishing in international waters: - It is hundred of miles from the coast - It uses flotillas with several fishing boats and aone large factory ship -The factory ship collects the fish from the other boats and begins processing it.

- Seasons can last several months

4. FISHING AND FORESTRY FORESTRY - Forests have been an important source of many different types of products and resources.

- The most important are: 1. Cork: - Obtained from the bark of cork oak trees -It is used to manufacture corks for bottles of wines and other uses, example: in insulation.

2. Resins: - Substances secreted by certain plants (conifers) - They are used in the cosmetics and chemical industries.

3. Rubber: - It is extracted from the sap of certain tropical trees.

- It is used to manufacture tyres and other products.

4. Wood: - It is used for construction and furniture manufacture.

- it is used as a raw material for making paper and as an energy source.

Forestry : - It is the practice of rationally exploiting forests using modern agrarian techniques to obtain forests resources sustainably through reforestation.

- worldwide deforestaion is causing by: - overexploitation of forest resources - clearing forests for farming - Forest fires