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Cormorant fishing has been a tradition for over 1,300 years. Climate change might spell its end.

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, ...
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Summer fishing tradition begins

INUYAMA, Japan >> The 1,300-year-old summer tradition of ukai, or cormorant fishing, started June 1 on the Kiso River in Inuyama, Aichi prefecture. Ukai goes on day and night on the river, which runs ...
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WIDER IMAGE-Environmental change threatens what's left of Japan's cormorant fishing legacy

OZE, Japan, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Please click here for photo essay: https://reut.rs/3FUKWOM Cormorants have been a constant presence in Youichiro Adachi's life, and when he was young, he cried whenever ...
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Cormorant concern: Wildlife agencies are looking at ways of managing a population that has had an impact on fish farming and the baitfish industry

When Katie Haws started working for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in 1980, the double-crested cormorant was listed as an endangered species in Wisconsin. Sightings of the water bird in ...
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European body proposes mass killing of cormorants to protect fish stocks

A regional fishery body is seeking to reduce cormorant numbers across Europe through “coordinated” culling, citing the aquatic birds’ reported impacts on fisheries and aquaculture. The European Inland ...
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Cormorant fishing has been a tradition for over 1,300 years. Climate change might spell its end.

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 ...