MADE BY: ARMAGHAN TAHIR INSTRUCTOR: RANA ATIF

Fishing Industry

Fishing a very old profession, Fish farming is called

aquaculture

Accounts for 0.9% of GDP, 6% of total Different uses of

fish;
foreign exchange. Main occupation in Fish waste used to
make fertilizer
coastal settlements near in Sindh & & poultry feed.
Fish meat tasty as
Balochistan. Out of the total workforce was as low in
cholesterol. Oil
of the fishing industry, 37.9% are extracted from
the fish provides a
employed in marine fishing and 62.1% source of nutrition.
are employed in Inland fishing. But marine
catch is still triple the inland catch.
Problems of the
Fishing Industry:
Water Pollution:
Marine Fishing: Coastal pollution in
mostly limited to
Pakistan’s coastline consists of 30% Karachi, the
industrial center of the
Makran coast and 70% Sindh coast. country. Spillage of
oil from ships.
The main fishing centre of Sindh is unchecked dumping
of chemicals,
Karachi while the makran coast untreated sewage and
dangerous
sports little underdeveloped ports substances cause
the water in the
but the main one is Gwader, under sea and rivers to
become polluted.
development. Marine fishing divides This contaminated
water absorbs
itself into subsistence fishing, which is into the marine life
which poses
traditional small scale fishing and use threats to the
health of human
of old methods and supplies with less consumers.
catch and low income and the second
type is commercial fishing which is Over Fishing:
practiced by using large modern tankers, Another problem
linked to the fishing
latest skills and equipment, which results industry is that of
over fishing of
in greater catch and hefty profit. shrimps even in
breeding season
Types of marine fish catch are sharks, which causes limited
production of
drums, croakers, Catfish and Rays. fish.
Sindh coastal fishing conditions:
Having numerous creeks, harbours, Threat to
Mangroves:
A wider continental shelf, deeper waters, Mangroves serve a
dual purpose for
An excessive fish due to flow of inland fish the fishing industry
as they act as
From River Indus and better export and barriers against sea
storms & serve
Processing facilities, the Sindh coast is as breeding
grounds for fish.
More beneficial for development.
Makran coastal fishing conditions:
Almost all communities of Balochistan’s
Coastal regions depend on fishing, direct
Or indirect. Here, old methods and tools
Are used by fishermen who catch less
Amounts of fish. This coast is slowly being
Developed as infrastructure facilities have
Been provided to Ormara, Gwadar and Pasni.
Inland Fishing;
This fishing is practiced in almost all of the
Rivers, canals, dams, reservoirs and specially
Made fish farms of Pakistan. Species caught
By Inland farmers include Manaseer, Rahu,
Grass and Palla. Important fish farms are
Manchar lake in Dadu District & Haleji lake
West of Thatta,