GIFU--Restrictions on passenger numbers for cormorant fishing viewing boats will be lifted with the May 11 start of the fishing season on the Nagaragawa river here. The steps were put in place during ...

The "Gifu Nagaragawa Ukai" started on the evening of May 11 in the city of Gifu. Ukai is a traditional fishing method where trained cormorants catch fish. There were no COVID-19-related restrictions ...

Fishing boats are out on the Nagara River in Gifu this week for the start of cormorant fishing season. The centuries-old tradition, known as ukai fishing, involves fishers manipulating cormorants to ...

When masters call out to a flock of Japanese cormorants, the birds return to the bank of a man-made pond, their throats ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cormorant fishing has been a fishing method in Japan and China for over 1,300 years. Commercially popular fishing methods put the ...

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 ...