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Fishing

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Photographer: Nancy Hitchcock

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Flotillas of about five fishing boats hunt over the reef. Fish are driven into a net strung between two boats and the net is then closed. Fish sheltering in holes in the coral reef are extracted with the aid of a spear by and underwater swimmer. A portion of the catch is reserved for exchange with inland people for bananas and betel nuts. A large catch of a suitable species may be smoked and taken to the Port Moresby markets. (Relates to Plate 6, SPC article, but not the same photo).

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/168743

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Image

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Kaparoka - food production and use

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1962

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This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.

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