What kind of birds can help fishermen catch fish? How do they help fishermen catch fish?

Cormorants have been domesticated and used for fishing since ancient times because of their superb fishing skills, rapid diving and catching fish with hooks at the tip. Cormorants are still domesticated for fishing in Yunnan, Guangxi and Hunan.

In the rivers, lakes and beaches in southeastern China, it used to be common to see several or several cormorants (commonly known as osprey and water duck) standing on narrow boats and trying to help fish catch fish. Fishermen rowed the boat to a place where there were many fish. Rows of cormorants flew out of the boat, swimming around in the water like wild ducks, diving in the water for a while and floating on the water for a while.

When you find a fish, you can dive to 1-3 meters, the deepest dive to 19 meters and the longest dive to 70 seconds. Can be called the diving champion among birds. If a small fish with low value is caught with a conical fish mouth, or a small fish with poor swimming ability meets a big fish, it will be done by two or three Qi Li, some pecking at its head, some holding its tail and pushing it to the side of the boat. A cormorant can catch more than 500 kilograms a year.

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Cormorant fishing has a history of more than 3000 years. A good cormorant can catch 1400 kilograms a year. With the change of production and lifestyle, there are fewer and fewer fishermen walking on the river, and this traditional fishing method is gradually drifting away. The picture shows the ancient canal in Yiting Town, Shangyu. This fishing method is vividly displayed in front of the world. In the past, cormorants were raised in every household here, but now a few villagers insist on raising cormorants for fishing. ?

Baidu Encyclopedia-Common Cormorants