Kochi fishing

As Kochi is on the coast of the Arabian Sea, fishing is an important industry. The first pic is of Chinese fishing nets first introduced by the Chinese and still used. These are dip nets, used when the invasive water hyacinth clears. Next are canoes used for a different style of fishing out in the bay and up to 10 km offshore. They use fine gill nets that are repaired daily. So there is liitle by kill as the netting breaks. The next 2 are at the fish auction. 1 is mahi mahi; the other is langosta.
Also in this area was the now destroyed Portuguese fort, and the wall is the 5th pic. A cannon is barely visible through the trees. Last are a couple of steamship steam boilers, set up as a monument to the era.Les mer