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  2. Ikejime - Wikipedia

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    Ikejime (活け締め) or ikijime (活き締め) is a method of killing fish that maintains the quality of its meat. [1] The technique originated in Japan, but is now in widespread use. It involves the insertion of a spike quickly and directly into the hindbrain, usually located slightly behind and above the eye, thereby causing immediate brain ...

  3. Fly fishing - Wikipedia

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    Fly fishing is an angling technique that uses an ultra-lightweight lure called an artificial fly, which typically mimics small invertebrates such as flying and aquatic insects to attract and catch fish. Because the mass of the fly lure is insufficient to overcome air resistance, it cannot be launched far using conventional gears and techniques ...

  4. PDF - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 September 2024. Portable Document Format, a digital file format For other uses, see PDF (disambiguation). Portable Document Format Adobe PDF icon Filename extension.pdf Internet media type application/pdf, application/x-pdf application/x-bzpdf application/x-gzpdf Type code PDF (including a single ...

  5. Gyotaku - Wikipedia

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    Gyotaku (魚拓, from gyo "fish" + taku "stone impression") is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing , where ink is applied to a fish which is then pressed onto paper, was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own.

  6. Tameshigiri - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of the Kihon tōhō (基本刀法) tameshigiri cutting pattern performed on three targets. The targets can be placed in different configurations: Most frequently, there is a single stand on which a single target is placed vertically. A second configuration involves multiple targets in place vertically on a long stand (a yoko-narabi).

  7. Boti - Wikipedia

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    Boti. Chulesi, Boti, dao, da, aruvamanai, chulesi, pavshi, vili, morli or pirdai is a cutting instrument, [1] most prevalent in Nepal, Maharashtra, South India, Bihar, Pakistan and the Bengal region, [2] Bihar, Tripura, the Barak Valley of Assam. It is a long curved blade that cuts on a platform held down by the foot.

  8. Eyestalk ablation - Wikipedia

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    Eyestalk ablation is the removal of one (unilateral) or both (bilateral) eyestalks from a crustacean. It is routinely practiced on female shrimps (or female prawns) in almost every marine shrimp maturation or reproduction facility in the world, both research and commercial. The aim of ablation under these circumstances is to stimulate the ...

  9. History of fishing - Wikipedia

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    Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back at least to the Upper Paleolithic period which began about 40,000 years ago. [4][5] Isotopic analysis of the skeletal remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish. [6][7] Archaeological features such as shell middens ...