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The muddy waters of the Li River churn in the erratic wind that blows in. The weather is unusually inclement for a summer ...
Cormorant fishing has been around for 1,300 years, but a changing climate and modern fishing practices threaten the centuries-old tradition.
A look at cormorant fishing, a 1,300-year old fishing technique in China that is dying out.
Cormorant fishing has been around for 1,300 years, but a changing climate and modern fishing practices threaten the centuries-old tradition.
INUYAMA, Japan >> The 1,300-year-old summer tradition of ukai, or cormorant fishing, started June 1 on the Kiso River in Inuyama, Aichi prefecture.
Cormorant fishing is a dying art. For thousands of years, fishermen have used trained cormorants to fish the rivers and lakes of China. The process is simple: The fisherman first ties a snare near ...
Cormorant fishing is an ancient way of catching fish on Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake and a tributary of the Yangtze River's middle and lower reaches, with a history of about 1,000 ...
STORY: In Japan, cormorant fishing is seen as the ideal way of catching the ayu river fish, and has become a popular tourism spectacle.But fisher folk there say the changing climate is shrinking ...
Until recently, the deforestation, overdevelopment and pollution that scarred Lake Erie has been mankind's handiwork. Now, however, it is a species of bird - the double-crested cormorant - that is ...
Three firefighters rescued a cormorant found entangled in fishing line at Lower Pine Cove on Candlewood Lake on Wednesday, according to Danbury fire officials.