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06-18-2007, 02:35 PM | #1 |
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June 18, 2007: Ukai, traditional Japanese comorant fishing
Welcome, it's Neatorama Collaboration Monday! The Sydney Morning Herald had this one featuring Ukai, a traditional fishing method that has been used in Japan for 1300 years, or so they say. In Ukai, you use a sea bird, a comorant, on a leash to fish for you. It's pretty disgusting and so the practice is pretty much limited to a small group of traditional fishermen. Why? This page has more detail, including the note that they have to prevent the bird from eating the fish somehow. So they put a small ring around its neck, and once the bird catches something... ..you make it cough up the goods. According to Neatorama's Alex, the practice was originally founded in China. Be sure to visit Neatorama for more neato items all the time! |
06-18-2007, 02:52 PM | #2 |
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Birds always swallow fish head first to avoid being impaled on the fish's spines. I wonder how they disgorge the fish without getting injured?
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06-18-2007, 06:02 PM | #3 |
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This fishing practice features in one of the Bond books.
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06-18-2007, 06:12 PM | #4 |
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I remember cormorant fishing from the book Island of the Blue Dolphins.
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06-18-2007, 06:24 PM | #5 |
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I remember cormorant killing from that book, but not fishing. There was some other kid's book that had fishing thing in it, wasn't there?
The girl had a cape or skirt of cormorant skins, IIRC. (Funny, I know the dog's name was Rontu (and his son Rontu-Aru) but I can't remember hers for nothin'. Did they ever give it?)
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06-18-2007, 11:47 PM | #6 |
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was it zia? or was the name of her niece in the sequel?
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06-19-2007, 08:19 AM | #7 |
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i wonder what they have the burning basket for?
- light for the fish to see them, being curious and come to the surface - to stress the cormorant - to keep warm - for a simple and quick BBQ after pulling out the fish of the birds throat other theories...? |
06-19-2007, 08:32 AM | #8 |
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06-19-2007, 01:17 PM | #9 |
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I don't remember the book too well, but I do remember reading it in school. We probably learned about the cormorant fishing then.
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06-19-2007, 01:25 PM | #10 |
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I think the cormorant fishing book was a picture book ... water color looking illustrations? Come on, someone else must have seen this!
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Welcome to the Cellar, spudcon.
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Oh my God! Glatt, that was one of my favorite books as a child, and I had completely forgotten about it until you linked it just now. I think I may have to buy it from Amazon right now.
Edit: Ha! I just noticed one of the product reviews at the bottom of the page: Quote:
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