Fishing industry in Denmark vogue, on the same lines as adopted by North Atlantic nations. Three broad categories of fishing in Denmark are industrial fishery, fishery for human consumption (also known as pelagic fishing), and demersal fishery. Industrial fishing is for industrial use of producing fish oil and fish meal. Initially, Industrial fishing using trawlers began in the 1940s with herring fishing in the North Sea. Over time, other fish species included sand eel, Norway pout, blue whiting and sprat (sprat in Skagerrak/Kattegat and in the Baltic Sea). By 1993, the percentage of sand eel was about 70%, when the total industrial fish catch
Fishing industry in Brunei net ("rantau") hangs from buoys ("patau") which float on the surface of the water. This method of fishing is used to catch fish like "tamban" (sardines) which swim in shoals near the surface. Drift net fishing usually takes place at night and in the early morning, and is an offshore fishing method. In deep seat trawling, the net is dragged along the sea bed using the fishing boats called "trawlers". This technique is used both for inshore and offshore commercial fisheries. A "bubu" is a large box- or conical-shaped trap used to catch large fish like red snapper and grouper.