Cormorant fishing has been a fishing method in Japan and China for over 1,300 years. Commercially popular fishing methods put the tradition at risk of disappearing. More sediment, falling water levels ...

Cormorants have been a constant presence in Youichiro Adachi’s life, and when he was young, he cried whenever one of his family’s birds died. Now 48, Adachi still cares deeply for his birds, drawing ...

GIFU -- Traditional cormorant fishing has begun on the Nagara River in this central Japan city, with fiery torches on boats creating a magical atmosphere for spectators. Cormorant fishing boasts a ...

STORY: In Japan, cormorant fishing is seen as the ideal way of catching the ayu river fish, and has become a popular tourism spectacle. But fisher folk there say the changing climate is shrinking ...

* Description: Cormorants are striking, almost reptilian looking seabirds with long necks and bills. They are often seen standing on rocks with their wings held out to dry, their black feathers like ...

Blazing braziers hang above boats on the Nagara River in the city of Gifu on the night of May 11, 2017, at the start of the Gifu Nagara Kamo Ukai (cormorant fishing) season. The event is said to go ...

Commercially popular fishing methods put the tradition at risk of disappearing. More sediment, falling water levels, and higher temperatures are making it harder to fish. Under the light of the moon, ...

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