Question

Answer the questions on the basis of given figure

1. Can you give two reasons of concentration of fishing near the south-eastern coast of Brazil?
2. Inland fishing is not developed in Brazil though there is large number of rivers in Brazil. Can you think of a reason?

Answer 1

1. Fishing is done on a large scale near the south-eastern coast of Brazil as it is the region where the warm Brazil current and the cold Falkland current meet making the conditions favourable for it to develop as a good fishing ground.
2. The Amazon River Basin is very vast with a dense growth of equatorial forests, making it largely inaccessible. The methods of inland fishing followed are quite traditional and primitive. These are some of the reasons why inland fishing is not developed in Brazil, though there are large number of rivers.