Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping.

The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales, where the term whaling is more appropriate.

According to FAO statistics, the total number of commercial fishermen and fish farmers is estimated to be 38 million. Fisheries and aquaculture provide direct and indirect employment to over 500 million people. In 2005, the worldwide per capita consumption of fish captured from wild fisheries was 14.4 kilograms, with an additional 7.4 kilograms harvested from fish farms. In addition to providing food, modern fishing is also a recreational pastime.

Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back to at least the beginning of the Paleolithic period about 40,000 years ago. Isotopic analysis of the skeletal remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000 year old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish.Archaeology features such as shell middens, discarded fish bones and cave paintings show that sea foods were important for survival and consumed in significant quantities. During this period, most people lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and were, of necessity, constantly on the move. However, where there are early examples of permanent settlements (though not necessarily permanently occupied) such as those at Lepenski Vir, they are almost always associated with fishing as a major source of food.

Born in 1976, Cyril Chauquet is host of the Fishing Adventurer TV show, broadcast since 2005 in Canada, in twelve European countries as well as in the United-States. The show deals with adventure and sport fishing.

Cyril Chauquet was educated in the United-States and in Europe. He graduated from Webster University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 1997.
Cyril Chauquet then became a consultant and a business developer of Intranet and Internet solutions at Himalaya Communications in Europe, from 1998 to 2002, extensively traveling for business between North America and Europe.

Throughout his corporate career, Cyril Chauquet was always passionate about fishing and traveled to many countries around the world to fish for exotic species. Through his growing knowledge of fish and fishing techniques, he became involved in several professional sport fishing activities including being an independent consultant:

One foot in the corporate world, one foot in the sport fishing world, Cyril Chauquet is about to make a move.