A History of the Seafood Industry

Abstract

Humans fished before the dawn of written history using birds' beaks for hooks and plant stalks for line. Early cave pictures show drawings of fish and fishing. Mounds of cast-off shells from prerecorded times have been found in China, Denmark, Brazil, and the United States. Although fishing was difficult because of a lack of efficient gear, it was easy to walk out at low tide and pick up shellfish, or spear fish in shallow water.