Artisanal fishery in Lake Peten Itzá (Guatemala)

Credit: Manuel Cano Alfaro (Guatemala)

The photo shows a typical artisanal fishery practice in Lake Peten Itzá, Guatemala. The fishing crew involves two fishermen who both cooperate in setting the fishing seine. Afterwards, a fisherman of the two who stays in the fishing boat (not shown in the photo) beats water surface using a pole to scare the fish in the location towards the seine. The seine is pulled to enable the second fisherman to collect captured fish in the shown container.

Artisanal fishing (Guatemala)

 

 

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