Richard And Jo Demeester's photos with the keyword: fishing

Trabocchi are like stilt fishing houses. The long poles support nets which are lowered in to the Adriatic. The coast along here is dotted with many of these structures.

All the boats working together in a line to herd the fish.

At Gifu, we went to see the 1300 year old practice of cormorant fishing. The master fishers, of which there are 6 in Gifu, own the cormorants. Each boat has a master fisher and 2 crew. They hang iron lanterns with blazing fires out the front of the boats, and the 10-12 cormorants dive for fish. The small ones, they swallow, the ones which are too big are regurgitated and collected by the master. It is fascinating to watch, and the fires make it a real spectacle.

While swimming, the kids create fish traps with tree foliage. This is not because they need the fish, but because kids being kids, they just love doing it.