In government exams like SSC, Banking, Railways, etc we find many questions from the Geography section. This section is a part of the general awareness paper. we are going to discuss one of the most important topics of geography i.e Major fishing regions of the world. This can give an edge to the students over SSC CGL general awareness section.
Major Fishing Regions: World
1. The Southeast Pacific Region:
- It Extends from the Pacific coast of South America including Panama to Cape Horn.
- The north-flowing Peru Current provides an ideal environment for anchovy farming as it is associated with a coastal upwelling of cooler, nutrient-rich waters laden with plankton on which the anchovies feed.
2. The Western Central Pacific Region:
- It ranges from the Philippines and southern Indonesia to the Australian coast.
- Redfish, sea bass, mullet, mackerel, oyster, crab, and tuna are famous fish found in this region.
- These regions are subject to different levels of fisheries development based on different factors such as:
(a) Scope of demand in the market
(b) Modern use of technology, storage, transportation, refrigeration etc.
3. The North Eastern Pacific Region:
- It expanded from Alaska to California along the west coast of North America and is the fourth largest fishing area in the world.
- Salmon, tuna, halibut, and sardines can be found on the surface of this region.
- This region is famous for having the best cod fisheries in the world, along with herring and haddock.
4. The North West Atlantic Region:
- The region stretches from the Grand Bank to the Georges Bank area of the Northwest Atlantic.
- This region provides favourable conditions for breeding due to the convergence of the Gulf Stream and Labrador Current which increases the productivity of the fishery.
- Fishes like cod, halibut, tuna, squid, flounder, redfish, salmon, Herring, and mackerel are found here.
5. The North East Atlantic and Arctic Region:
- It Covers regions around Iceland to the Mediterranean coasts and includes some of the European countries such as Norway, Denmark, Spain, Iceland, and the United Kingdom.
- It is the top fish exporting region in the world.
6. The North-West Pacific Region:
- It covers regions from the Bering Sea to the East China Sea, it is the largest and largest fishing area in the world.
- Extends south from the Outer Aleutian Islands north to the Central Pacific north of the Philippines.
- The region’s greatest asset is its fish, famous for salmon, king crab, herring, halibut, Alaskan pollock, and cod.
- Japan leads the commercial fisheries in this region, followed by China, North and South Korea, and Russia