I've wondered for a while if there might be interest in spearfishing traditions and traditional spear fishing methods. Having recently seen the UN (through UNESCO) protect falconry (hunting with birds of prey) as an important living tradition/heritage of many countries (I believe 40 were mentioned), including several in the Middle East; perhaps this is something we need to look into for spear fishing.
Just to kick things off. I thought it might be useful to remind the British, esp. Welsh members, of our extremely long tradition of spearing fish in Britain (keyword: microlith):
Hunting for food in the Stone Age | Rhagor
http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Cooking by Country/Wales Recipes Culinary History and Information.htm
I'm hoping/expecting we have some native American/Canadian members who might be interested in contributing. I'm sure others all around the world could contribute though (Hawaii, Polynesia, Indonesia, Japan, China, Europe, Africa, New Zealand, Oz, Middle East, Russia, ...)
Just to kick things off. I thought it might be useful to remind the British, esp. Welsh members, of our extremely long tradition of spearing fish in Britain (keyword: microlith):
Hunting for food in the Stone Age | Rhagor
http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Cooking by Country/Wales Recipes Culinary History and Information.htm
I'm hoping/expecting we have some native American/Canadian members who might be interested in contributing. I'm sure others all around the world could contribute though (Hawaii, Polynesia, Indonesia, Japan, China, Europe, Africa, New Zealand, Oz, Middle East, Russia, ...)
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