Fishing by Brian

What are some interesting facts about fishing?

Japan catches the second largest amount of fish. Japan uses large ships with huge nets to catch fish all over the Pacific Ocean. These ships can prepare the fish for the store while they are out at sea. Small boats catch fish of the coast of Japan. Japan has also started a fish farm system. They raise fish and they sell fish from eggs then release them into the sea to grow up. They are caught after they grow bigger. Salmon is raised this way. Japan is also one of few countries that still hunts whales. Japan has 2,000 fishing ports. The main ones are Nagasaki, Otaru, Kushiro, Arashiri, Yaezu, and Misaki. Hokkiado is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Japan Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk, so in villages there is a lot of fishing.

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