In
India,
Chinese fishing nets (Cheena vala) are
fishing nets that are fixed land installations for
fishing. While commonly known as "Chinese fishing nets" in India, the more formal name for such nets is "shore operated
lift nets".
[1]
Huge mechanical contrivances hold out horizontal nets of 20 m or more
across. Each structure is at least 10 m high and comprises a cantilever
with an outstretched net suspended over the sea and large stones
suspended from ropes as counterweights at the other end. Each
installation is operated by a team of up to six fishermen. While such
nets are used throughout coastal
southern China and
Indochina, in India they are mostly found in the
Indian cities of
Kochi and
Kollam, where they have become a tourist attraction.
[2] The Indian common name arises because they are unusual in India and different from usual fishing nets in India.
The system is sufficiently balanced that the weight of a man walking
along the main beam is sufficient to cause the net to descend into the
sea. The net is left for a short time, possibly just a few minutes,
before it is raised by pulling on ropes. The catch is usually modest: a
few
fish and
crustaceans, which may be sold to passers-by within minutes.
Sailing in past the Chinese fishing nets
It was overcast and very humid most of the day
The vendors along the wharf
The navy
Vendors and tour busses
Behind the vendors - large puddles and coal dust
Walking into the area around the port
Cement dust everywhere
A stray high-tension wire which the bus drove under ?!?!?!
Flowers, blooms and blossoms
It was closed
A tour I did in 2013 -interesting but once was enough
Non-Cunard travellers
A vendor from one of the Tibetan communities in Northern India - bought two bracelets which I love
Political correctness on "crack"
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