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Message: <blockquote data-quote="djjaya" data-source="post: 16883789" data-attributes="member: 461202">Cormorants are a family of sea birds whose diet consist mostly of fish.  These birds are masters in fishing – they wait for their prey on sea  shores or by the side of rivers, and at the right moment dive  underwater, propelling themselves with their wings and feet, and catch  fish with their specially designed beaks. In ancient Japan and China,  fishermen have learned to keep and train these birds to help them catch  fish in rivers. This is known as cormorant fishing or “ukai” in Japan.  It is still practiced in select places in Japan, particularly in the  Nagara River in Gifu Prefecture, where the ancient art has a long  history going back to more than 1,300 years.<img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gYeRmVwUTNI/U7lEBSbhTWI/AAAAAAAAznw/zWAe4a_awt8/cormorant-fishing-14%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Cormorant fishing takes place under darkness during the twilight  hours. A group of fishermen, working from long wooden boats, lead about a  dozen cormorants on leashes who swim alongside the boat and dive under  the water to catch fish by swallowing them whole. A snare is tied near  the base of the bird's throat, which allows the bird only to swallow  small fish. When the bird captures and tries to swallow a large fish,  the fish is caught in the bird's throat, which is later retrieved by the  fishermen when the cormorant returns to the boat. Each bird can hold up  to six fish in its throat at a time.  Each boat has a large fire  that hangs from its bow to provide light for the boatmen to steer and  the birds to fish by. Although more efficient methods of catching fish  have been developed, cormorant fishing is still practiced to keep the  tradition alive and also to serve as a tourist attraction.  Cormorant  fishing requires great skills of the fishing masters, because of which  they have been conferred the official title of “Cormorant Fishermen of  the Imperial Household Agency,” a hereditary title that is passed on  from father to son.  The use of cormorants for fishing on the  Nagara River began over 1,300 years ago, originating as a way for people  to feed their families. When cormorant fishing came under the auspices  of the Imperial Household Agency, the Nagara River became a protected  river, which keeps it clean and healthy, allowing cormorant fishing to  continue through the ages. The birds have become such a part of Japanese  lore, that they have given rise to the expressions such “swallow whole  like a cormorant” or “accept without questions,” because they can  swallow fish whole without choking on the scales.  Cormorant  fishing was once a profitable industry. Eventually, the number of fish  caught by cormorants began to decrease as other fishing methods and  modern transportation became available. Cormorant fishing still  continues in the city of Gifu today and draws people from around the  world. <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hKh-JCp7DCM/U7lEEM7wOXI/AAAAAAAAzn4/eLg7yeB1-is/cormorant-fishing-10%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sC2jQbUjPnY/U7lEGZruVXI/AAAAAAAAzoA/YU0wB6CnKvc/cormorant-fishing-1%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-k23PKZUkEVk/U7lEJAlDDRI/AAAAAAAAzoI/irTmHdA18G4/cormorant-fishing-2%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JMk_huhpgcw/U7lELVFGbBI/AAAAAAAAzoQ/fnowc2k0NGQ/cormorant-fishing-3%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZXrLNDpiplc/U7lENyLueHI/AAAAAAAAzoY/PmgSl79sbgg/cormorant-fishing-4%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-12zPIXHd74I/U7lEP45R08I/AAAAAAAAzog/i9uSkr8wFRY/cormorant-fishing-5%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--dbsJkiPSE8/U7lESaKoJUI/AAAAAAAAzoo/XmXxBDFt5Js/cormorant-fishing-6%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Gf-z0vwQZZ4/U7lET8K5M_I/AAAAAAAAzow/5XOqAG6Hr1Q/cormorant-fishing-7%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-k2oP0Is_Rrw/U7lEVmCRV0I/AAAAAAAAzo4/45WIxH-Tbpg/cormorant-fishing-8%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Rd4wfPkCqPY/U7lEYzHV9HI/AAAAAAAAzpA/BQzS1PX_JFI/cormorant-fishing-9.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PyNC2VOhwaM/U7lEb_nTrhI/AAAAAAAAzpI/nQF_0BUXCC0/cormorant-fishing-13.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-L46ae22Pmew/U7lEeX3UjyI/AAAAAAAAzpQ/4c4sO0Bm-X4/cormorant-fishing-15.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gR_VY_1pgGg/U7lEgWfsfxI/AAAAAAAAzpY/XcSEasCeiag/cormorant-fishing-16.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--gSvPuDSC5A/U7lEiti1bRI/AAAAAAAAzpg/t2Ntgo0CudA/cormorant-fishing-11%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UiLmIGSu0Zs/U7lEkjcRd9I/AAAAAAAAzpo/t83Tx_4JnNE/cormorant-fishing-12%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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