Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cormorant fishing has been a fishing method in Japan and China for over 1,300 years. Commercially popular fishing methods put the ...

When masters call out to a flock of Japanese cormorants, the birds return to the bank of a man-made pond, their throats ...

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.

In Japan, the Nagara river is known for cormorant fishing. This is a 1,300-year-old tradition, where fishing masters ( uscho) use Japanese cormorants to catch fish ( ayu). The fishing masters have ...

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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 ...

Under the light of the moon, with sparkling fire swinging from the edge of their boats lighting their way, Gifu City's fishermen are ready to start their day. Instead of using poles, rods, and lures, ...