ISIC 031—Fishing

Where 031 sits

1. A Agriculture, forestry and fishing
2. 03 Fishing and aquaculture
3. 031 Fishing

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 0311 Marine fishing
• 0312 Freshwater fishing

What 031 includes

• This group includes capture fishery, i.e. the harvesting, collecting and gathering activities directed at removing or collecting live wild aquatic organisms (predominantly fish, molluscs and crustaceans) including plants from the oceanic, coastal or inland waters for human consumption and other purposes by hand or more usually by various types of fishing gear such as nets, lines and stationary traps. Such activities can be conducted on the intertidal shoreline (e.g. collection of molluscs such as mussels and oysters) coastal waters or offshore waters. These activities also include fishing in restocked water bodies.

031 in other systems