Gil Azouri's Li River Cormorant Fisherman.

Posted by Alex in Animal, Pictures, Travel & Places on April 17, 2006 at 12:33 am


See more of Gil’s fantastic photos at: Link

Using cormorant to fish is an ancient practice in Japan and China. In Japan, cormorant fishermen puts a tethered steel ring around the bird’s neck (to prevent them from swallowing the fish). One fisherman usually handles ten to twelve birds at a time.

In China, the cormorants are more like beloved pets to the fisherman – he would train the bird to catch the fish and release it to him instead of swallowing it.


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3 comments to "Gil Azouri's Li River Cormorant Fisherman."

  1. Melinda
    April 17th, 2006 at 10:05 pm

    I loooooooooove your site! it's freaking awesome!

  2. Alex
    April 17th, 2006 at 11:18 pm

    Thank you, Melinda.

  3. ETTF.NET » Blog Archive » Cormorant fishing
    April 18th, 2006 at 7:22 am

    [...] Have a look at Gil Azouri’s photo gallery at pbase with beautiful images of China. More info on Cormorant fishing here. Via Neatorama [...]


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