Not everybody fishes for recreation.
People in the commercial fishing industry do it for a living.
Some commercial fleets bring in several tons of fish per day to satisfy the needs of people around the world who consume over 85 million tons of seafood per year.
Commercial fishing can be a prosperous business.
Whether you're at the helm of a small boat with just a few fishing nets and a small crew or captain of a large corporate vessel, the key is speed.
Once fish are brought onboard a boat, time is the enemy.
The future seafood must be quickly transferred to holding tanks to keep alive any fish that haven't already died from the stresses placed on them.
If any die before reaching shore, they can't be sold to restaurants.
The longer a fish is dead before consumption, the more its taste changes.
This is the main reason why there is such a rush and extraordinary attempt to keep them all alive for as long as possible.
Once reaching shore, everything is weighed and the boat's captain paid.
The fish are then rushed to market, many of them being served up at local restaurants within hours.
Others are flown immediately around the country to distribution centers.
So the next time you wonder why the seafood on the menu costs as much as it does, consider the process that seafood had to go through to get from the ocean to your plate and the attempts to keep it as fresh as possible just for you.