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What other primary sector activities are there?
Living in society
Fishing
,
mining
and
forestry
are all primary sector activities.
Like agriculture, each obtains products from nature.
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Make a list of primary sector products with a partner.
Compare lists with your classmates. What criteria did you use
to make the lists?
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E T T I N G S T A R T E D
Fishing
There are two main types of
fishing:
coastal
and
deep-sea
.
Coastal fishing
is near the
coast. Fishermen use small
boats and traditional methods.
They return to port at the end
of the day.
Deep-sea fishing is far from the
coast. Fishermen often work
for weeks or months on large
ships. These ships have
refrigeration systems to keep
the fish cold.
Mining
Mining is the extraction of
rocks
and
minerals
from the ground.
There are two types of
mines
.
In underground mines, miners work deep
under the ground, in shafts, tunnels and
caves.
In opencast mines and
quarries
, miners
work in large open-air pits to extract coal
and minerals that are close to the Earth’s
surface.
The most typical mining products in Spain are
granite, marble and slate. These are extracted
in quarries.
