Cormorant fishing

As much as they would like to keep some of the fish for themselves, the closely bound string around their throats keeps them from being able to swallow their prey.

The traditional knowledge about cormorant fishing and raising and training the birds was kept secret for a long time and only passed on from father to son.

It takes a good eight months of training before a cormorant can perform its task dependably.

What seems rather shocking to the tourist at first secures the survival of the old river fisherman and his family.

From an economic standpoint, cormorant fishing is certainly insignificant.

The limited catch does no damage to the fish population at all.

Every year in the time between May and June, an enormous swarm of millions of sardines migrates from the eastern side of the Cape of Good Hope in the direction of Mozambique.