Fishing
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the commercial catching or taking of finfish, shellfish, or miscellaneous marine products from a natural habitat, such as the catching of bluefish, eels, salmon, tuna, clams, crabs, lobsters, mussels, oysters, shrimp, frogs, sea urchins, and turtles.
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain.
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Fishing establishments engage in the commercial catching or taking of finfish, shellfish, or miscellaneous marine products from natural habitats. This activity differs from hunting and trapping, which target land-based animals rather than aquatic species. The boundary between these industries turns on whether the target organism is marine or aquatic versus terrestrial; fishing operations focus exclusively on water-based capture activities.