History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c28.1

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Literally, fishery means business of catching fish or industry of fishing. Fishery concerns itself with the effect of commercial fishing on fish population and to acquiring adequate knowledge of interrelationships of various species of fish to each other, to other animal life and the environment. Evidences of fisheries life in the Indus valley and the adjoining areas of Sind, Punjab and Baluchistan have been brought out by a careful study of the actual remains of fish and fish hooks found in Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Amri, Nal, Nundara and Rupar cultures. Seals, amulets, fingurines, paintings on the pottery and other wares have been engraved with fish designs.