KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) BOWL-TRAP FISHING IN THE KINU RIVER (KINUGAWA HACHIFUSE) | EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
A 19th-century Edo period painting of fishing with a hand-held bowl or basket fish trap on the banks of the Kinugawa River, aka Kinu River (鬼怒川, Kinu-gawa), on the island of Honshu in Japan. painted by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai(1760-1849). #coastalhistory
71% of our planet is ocean, but you wouldn’t know it from traditional maps.
Shift your land-based perspective this Earth Week with a story about the Spilhaus Projection map and the WHOI oceanographer who created it: go.whoi.edu/spilhausmap
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Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
Grey mullet (Liza aurata), Thin-lipped Grey Mullet (Liza ramada)
Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
A general fisheries weir,with Flounder (Platichthys flesus), Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), Grey mullet | Thick-lipped, Thin-lipped & Golden that seasonally took Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the lough. 3/4
Built in the inner portion of the lough, taking advantage of the tide and movement of the tide and freshwater from the Swilly River. Part of the weir is linked to a rock outcrop that make the weir longer without needing more rock and time in construction
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Picture of the Lough Swilly fish weir, recorded in the spring of 2013. Picture by Paul Montgomery.
Late medieval/ post-medieval stone #fishweir in #Loughswilly, #Donegal, #Ireland. Discovered in 2013 and recovered as an archaeological monument. Built with 3 layers of rough stone that were about a meter in height. 1/4 #coastalhistory #4oceans
The original painting was a pride of the imperial collections for centuries. It was frequently copied by later artists of successive periods and it became familiarized among the nobles, scholar officials, urban residents and merchants in domestic art And even home decoration.
Along the River During the Qingming Festival (清明上河圖), the 12th-century original by Zhang Zeduan
That's a very good point the orignal "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". Made was a Chinese painter Zhang Zeduan of the Song dynasty (1085–1145). it's considered one of the greatest examples of this style of Chinese landscape painting & copied 100s times by students and later artists.
An Excerpt From Fan Li’s “The Chinese Fish Culture Classic” Written in 5th Century China – University of Maryland
Early examples of written intellectual dissertations were published on the methods and techniques used to propagate fish in an early form of agriculture that relied on multi-species environments. Like the excerpt From Fan Li’s “The Chinese Fish Culture Classic” written in 5th Century China.
An Excerpt From Fan Li’s “The Chinese Fish Culture Classic” Written in 5th Century China – University of Maryland
Artist Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145) wikidata:Q197342 Description English: part of the Qingming Scroll 中文（简体）： 清明上河图局部 中文（繁體）： 清明上河圖局部
Depiction of 10th century fish farming in China. From the scroll "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". Made was a Chinese painter Zhang Zeduanof the Song dynasty. Showing life in Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng Henan province) during the Northern Song period.
Picture of a stone fish trap/ holding pool in #MackayRegion on the eastern or #CoralSeacoast of #Queensland, #Australia. A small man-made pool that has been covered with stones, marine growth, and small crustation. Maybe made to hold fish or shellfish for storage.
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Relief fragment showing fishing scene circa 2649 –2100 B.C. Old Kingdom Dynasty: Dynasty 5. from the Tomb of Kaaper
Elephant-nose fish (Gnathonemus petersii) is an African freshwater elephantfish in the genus Gnathonemus.
Wall Relief Of Men In Boats Fishing In The Tomb Of Mereruka. Mereruka Was The Vizier To The Pharaoh Teti In The 6Th Dynasty Of Old Kingdom Egypt. Saqqara, Egypt
Image of fishing from the Tomb of Kaaper #Saqqara, #Egypt 2649 –2100 B.C. Old Kingdom Dynasty 5. The top of the net is visible, lined with a float. Some fresh species of elephant-nose fish were identified. Fishing images are part of everyday life and appear in many tombs.
#coastalhistory
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The lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), also known as the blackbar triggerfish, the Picasso triggerfish
The lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), also known as the blackbar triggerfish, the Picasso triggerfish
Brain Coral, likely of the Platygyra or Colpophyllia genus
Possible acropora retusa or acropora humilis
Some corals Platygyra or Colpophyllia genus and Acropora coral fish that live in and between them, like lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), aka Picasso triggerfish. This is one of the most aggressive fish you'll find on the coral reef, known to bite snorkelers and divers!
Picture the wall structure of a fish weir Photos Jullouville Luc Chatelais and Roberte Nourrigat
As examples of archaeological monuments, many are beautiful, and their morphology is striking, but even more meaningful when you consider that they are the remains of a community that once existed on this coastline, and we're interacting with the marine environment on a daily basis. 4/4
Photos Jullouville Luc Chatelais and Roberte Nourrigat
The coast of France gives us a prime example of the local and sometimes village-based fishing structures which must have populated its coastline from at least the early medieval period right up until the 19th century.
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Aerial image of Granville, France stone fish weir. source google images.
Historically, the region has many documented sites of intertidal fishing stretching back into antiquity. The region has hundreds of stone and wooden fisheries identified by archaeological surveys, many of which are still known to its inhabitants as traditional fishing locations.2/4
Photos Jullouville Luc Chatelais and Roberte Nourrigat
Images of stone #fishweirs along the coast of Normandy, France. Its management is run by "Association des Amis de la Pêcherie de la Tranchée", a local community-based association. Whose goal is to maintain this tradition and the sites of community fishing in the region. 1/4 #coastalhistory
Today marks International Day for Monuments and Sites! #WorldHeritageDay, we celebrate the enduring value of cultural heritage. Working to promote awareness of cultural heritage and to highlight the efforts required to protect and conserve vulnerable sites and monuments.
Satellite imagery of stone fish weirs at Minehead, England. Sources Google Maps.
Satellite imagery of stone fish weirs at Minehead, England. Sources Google Maps.
Satellite imagery of the stone #fishweirs at #Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in #Somerset, #England. The coast has a number of tidal stone #fishweirs, some of which are are 100s of meters long and represent a huge investment of time and energy. #coastalhistory #4oceans
Carannante, Alfredo. "The last garum of Pompeii: Archaeozoological analyses on fish remains from the “Garum shop” and related ecological inferences." International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 29.3 (2019): 377-386.
A sample of fish bones excavated from the Roman town of Pompeii. Pompeii was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. #coastalhistory
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Wels catfish Siluridae
Marine lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
European Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Many traditional fisheries, apart from the eel (Anguilla anguilla), were eliminated: sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), salmon (Salmo salar), and marine lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) due to pollution and overfishing. 3/4
Le Pichon, Céline, et al. "Historical changes in the ecological connectivity of the Seine River for fish: A focus on physical and chemical barriers since the mid-19th century." Water 12.5 (2020): 1352
Picture of the bank of Seine in the shadows of Cathédrale #NotreDameDeParis France. Picture by P.Montgomery.
Some 30 or so fish weirs are still in use, but are used for much smaller fisheries that once filled the markets of Paris. With some of crossings and locks of the city being used in the past a fish weirs. 2/4
Picture Cathédrale #NotreDameDeParis France. Picture by P.Montgomery.
On the bank of #Seine, in the shadows of Cathédrale #NotreDameDeParis, #fishweirs were used for 1000s of years for fishing histoy; sadly, only eels have endured in regions' aquatic resources. 1/4
#coastalhistory #4oceans
Fishing implements from Tybrind Vig (after Andersen, 1987). (a) Leister prong of hazel; (b) bone hook, with rests of twine made of plant fibers; (c) fish trap. From Arias, P., 1999. The origins of the Neolithic along the Atlantic coast of continental Europe: a survey. Journal of world prehistory, 13(4), pp.403-464.
Collection of fishing tools from Late #Mesolithic Stone Age settlement of Tybrind Vig, which today is submerged,Danish island #Fyn (central #Denmark). Fish hooks, fish traps and Leister made from hazel. #Coastalhistory
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Traditional drying fish on the Fraser River circa 1930s
Structurally, they come in a range of forms, built of stone, wood, and hybrids that take advantage of the aquatic resources and their many watercourses. shaping the nature of some rivers and coastal zones, as part of cultural landscape.
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Stone wall fishing structure being used near Hagwilget, LowerBulkley River just upstream of confluence with Skeena River at ‘Ksan and Gitanmaax, Wet’suwet’en Territory, ca. 1910. Source: BC Archives https://goo.gl/EKKB2S
Examples of indigenous fish weirs and fishing architecture from the 19th-20th centuries in B.C., Canada. Weirs were built in shallow estuaries, rivers, and streams to block the upstream passage of salmon, guide the fish into a trap, or direct them towards waiting people. 3/5
"Salmon Fishing, Duncan B. C. Sielengl. Duncan B.C." Private Post Card. Publ. by H. F. Prevost, Duncan B. C. Serie: Guaranteed Hand-colored No. 6. 1910s
Historical and archaeological evidence suggests that First Nations in British Columbia have been constructing fish traps for thousands of years as part of their subsistence practices.
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