A Canadian Fishing Village

[Wetdog]

Once there was a Canadian fishing village where the people earned their living catching and processing fish from the Atlantic Ocean for generations.
One day, the fish disappeared. The fishermen kept going out and returning every evening empty handed. Eventually, the people in the village had to turn to other occupations to earn their living.
All, except for one old man. Everyday, the old man would put out to sea in his boat, and every evening he would return with nothing.
Finally, someone asked him, "Everyday you go out fishing and you never catch anything, why do you still go out fishing?"
The old man replied, "Oh, just for the halibut."