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A fishing weir, fish weir, fishgarth [1] or kiddle [2] is an obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to direct the passage of, or trap fish. A weir may be used to trap marine fish in the intertidal zone as the tide recedes, fish such as salmon as they attempt to swim upstream to breed in a river, or eels as ...
Traps at different levels in the marsh came into operation as the water level rose and fell. The traps at Budj Bim are seen as a form of Indigenous aquaculture dating back at least 6,600 years (older than the Pyramids of Giza [9]), with the Muldoon traps system seen as the world's oldest stone walled fish trap, and longest used fish trap in the ...
Nation Ford Fish Weir is a historic fishing weir located near Rock Hill, South Carolina. It is one of the few relatively intact Native American fish weirs remaining in South Carolina. It is a double V-shaped rock fish trap or weir located in the channel of the Catawba River upstream from the railroad
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Various designs of fish traps, baskets and weirs are used in fishery. Conical traps are used most commonly for catching fish species such as Clarias, Barbus, Schilbe in marshy shallow waters of lakes, rivers and in permanent and seasonal swamps. These are particularly used on River Nile, Lake Kyoga, swamps and other minor lakes. The gear is ...
The Eel Traps, an 1899 painting by Myles Birket Foster An eel buck or eel basket is a type of fish trap that was prevalent in the River Thames in England up to the 20th century. It was used particularly to catch eels , which were a staple part of the London diet.
Llanddona fish weir is a V-shaped trap, typically used when trapping fish in tidal waters. [5] [6] The two arms of the V run down the beach, starting below the high-water line and almost meet at the tip of the V just above the low-water line, where the fish are caught in a net or a trap when the tide recedes. [7]
Crescent Traps may represent the earliest form, and take the form of a crescent of rocks or other material to create a pond at low tide, into which fish can be driven and then contained and caught. V-shaped structures develop this by allowing a sluice at the narrow end.