i am a fisherman.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishermen and fish farmers. Fishermen may be professional or recreational and may be both men or women. Fishing has existed as a means of obtaining food since the Mesolithic period. Fishing has existed as a means of obtaining food since the Mesolithic period. Fishing had become a major means of survival as well as a business venture. Fishing and the fisherman have also influenced Ancient Egyptian religion; mullets were worshiped as a sign of the arriving flood season. Bastet was often manifested in the form of a catfish. In ancient Egyptian literature, the method that Amun used to create the world is associated with the tilapia's method of mouth-brooding. According to the FAO, there were about 39 million fishers in countries producing more than 200,000 tonnes in 2012, which is nearly 140% the number in 1995. The total fishery production of 66 million tonnes equated to an average productivity of 3.5 tonnes per person. Most of this growth took place in Asian countries, where four-fifths of world fishers and fish farmers dwell.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "We are thinking about going fishing this weekend at the lake. I'm not much of a fisherman, do you have any good tips?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I do not fish much myself but I do know it has been around as a means of obtaining food since the Mesolithic period."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, years ago, fishing was a major source in being able to feed yourself and your family!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "There are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishers worldwide."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I never knew there were that many. Do you know the most popular?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I do not, but fisherman influenced Ancient Egyptian religion."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I know that fishing is really a worldwide means of food and jobs, but never thought about it in regards to Ancient Egyptian religion, that's interesting."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Mullets were worshiped as a sign of the flood season approaching."}]