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The Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps, also known as Baiame's Ngunnhu, consists of a series of dry-stone weirs and ponds arranged in the form of a stone net across the Barwon River in north west NSW. They occupy the entire length of a 400m-long rock bar that extends from bank to bank across the river bed.
Fishermen on one of several reef net fishing boats anchored off Lummi Island pull their nets to catch salmon on Sept. 14, 2023. Reef net fishing is considered one of the most sustainable fish ...
The Albany Fish Traps, also known as the Oyster Harbour Fish Traps, are a series of fish traps situated in Oyster Harbour near the mouth of the Kalgan River approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) east of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia . The traps were constructed by the Menang peoples and are over 7,500 years old. [1]
Other methods of catching them could also be used however, such as traps, baskets, spears and lures. [23] The tribe would have to rely on the dried or smoked salmon over the winter, so the first fresh fish caught in the spring was welcomed with great ceremony. Hunting, both on land and sea, was also an important source of food.
Brewarrina Court House Plan of Baiame's Ngunnhu or Native Fish Traps. The town is located amid the traditional lands of the Muruwari, Ngemba, Weilwan and Yuwaalaraay peoples. The area has a long Indigenous Australian history and was once the meeting ground for over 5,000 people.
A fish trap is a trap used for catching fish and other aquatic animals of value. Fish traps include fishing weirs, cage traps, fish wheels and some fishing net rigs such as fyke nets. [ 1] The use of traps are culturally almost universal around the world and seem to have been independently invented many times.
As a people of the wetlands, the Pindjarup were famed for their fish-traps, and a seasonal cycle of six seasons, making full use of the environmental resources from the coastal estuaries and sand-dunes, through the interior lakes and wetlands to the more fertile soils of the Darling Scarp foothills and ridgelines.
Cod fishing on the Newfoundland Banks. Cod fishing in Newfoundland was carried out at a subsistence level for centuries, but large scale fishing began shortly after the European arrival in the North American continent in 1492, with the waters being found to be preternaturally plentiful, and ended after intense overfishing with the collapse of the fisheries in 1992.