This is because it is famous as well as religious. When going by the Biblical history, Peter before his early apostleship with Christ, was once a good and primitive fisherman.
Also today, fishing is one of the economic benefits sustaining some popular states today, especially the countries bounded by good water banks like South Africa, Canada, India, etc boost in no little measure in the large scale production of fisheries, fishing equipments, vessels like boats, canoes, fishing nets, fishing preservatives like Germaline 20, etc.
Forthwith, in some west African countries like Nigeria, the indigenous fishermen uses locally made fishing tools like nets, traps, arrows, hucks, canoes, etc in harvesting and catching fishes in the water and river-rine areas. Areas such as Warri, River States, Epe in Lagos State, Ogutta in Imo State, are some few notable towns that boost their rural economics, thereby promote their wellbeing through fishing activities.
Observably, many universities and high colleges have include a good curricula activities in Fishing, Fishing management, as a part of management science, even the development and management of Fishing Punds, and this has in no little measure, contributed in the mad-rush of some good fishing companies from Europe, Asia into the soil of Africa. We do hope that effort will be made in further studies in economic viability, considering the benefits to end-users.
It has been funded by researchers that fishes and its bye-products have a lot of benefits to mankind. especially as a good source of food-protein, vitamins. A good revenue earners to both government and to the individual because it generates a good per cent of employment say 20 - 25%, rated above some other live stock and animal husbandry-related activities.
It will be of my opinion if wider and proper research is giving to this Biblical occupation, since it major source is water or ocean and its supply is "SUPER" infinity except in the artificial ones - like private and wild commercialized fishing ponds, where it may gets to its peak after say 5 to 10 years of successful fishery operations.
Above all, the very utilization of this renewable and Godly-gifted resource, should not be neglected simple because it is not a "BLACK GOLD" (petroleum) or visa vis.
Let us guide our thoughts in harnessing the free gifts resources for the benefit of us all. We are one body, from one planet, THE EARTH!
