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Primitive technology: Big fish trap in the forest

In this video, I demonstrate how to build a fish trap from bamboo in the forest. The trap features a hopper design placed upside down to prevent fish from escaping due to water resistance. I use ...
Ars Technica

Ancient fish-trapping network supported the rise of Maya civilization

On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a whole wetland into a giant network of fish traps big enough to feed thousands of people. We already know ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Fish Traps Have Been Banned on the Columbia River for Nearly a Century. Could Bringing Them Back Help Save Salmon?

A new experiment is testing the commercial success of fish traps in Washington and Oregon. Even as some conservationists ...
Miami Herald

Hiker stumbles upon 7,000-year-old fish traps in shrinking Norway lake. Take a look

Archaeologists excavated 7,000-year-old wooden fish traps at Tesse lake for the first time after a hiker stumbled on the ruins, photos show. Photo from the Cultural History Museum Standing on the bank ...
Miami Herald

Posts in lakebed turn out to be 650-year-old trap abandoned after Black Death. See it

Archaeologists found wooden stakes in a Norway lake that turned out to be 650-year-old fishing trap abandoned after the Black Death, photos show. Photo from Ellen K. Friis and Cultural History Museum ...