Commercially popular fishing methods put the tradition at risk of disappearing. More sediment, falling water levels, and higher temperatures are making it harder to fish. Under the light of the moon, ...

UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--When masters call out to a flock of Japanese cormorants, the birds return to the bank of a man-made pond, their throats bulging with fish. The scene resembles the traditional ...

Cormorant fishing on China's Li River is all but dying out. Fisherman set out with domesticated cormorants, a seabird, on bamboo rafts before sunrise and often in the early evening. These birds prey ...

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OZU, Ehime Prefecture—The traditional cormorant fishing season started on the Hijikawa river here on June 1, entertaining spectators who gathered to watch the trained seabirds catch fish in the night.

These Chinese fisherman know a thing or two about how to catch their supper. Using little more than a simple homespun raft and a gas lamp to light their way, these fascinating images capture the ...

Cormorant fishing has been a fishing method in Japan and China for over 1,300 years. Commercially popular fishing methods put the tradition at risk of disappearing. More sediment, falling water levels ...