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Afishing basket is abasket used as atrap forfishing.[1][2]
The ancientEgyptians usedweir baskets made from willow branches to fish theNile river.
The use of fishing weirs was specifically outlawed throughoutEngland, except at the seacoast, inMagna Carta, but little heed was given to the restrictions.
The Spaniards named theNazas River after the fishing baskets they saw the local peoples using in the river.
Russians and otherSlavic peoples have traditionally used fishing traps made of osiers.[3] The proto-Slavic word for this type of fishing basket is reconstructed asvьrša.
TheWagenya of theDemocratic Republic of the Congo build a huge system of wooden tripods across theCongo River. These tripods are anchored on the holes naturally carved in the rock by the water current. To these tripods are anchored large baskets, which are lowered in the rapids to “sieve” the waters for fish. It is a very selective fishing method, as these baskets are quite big and only large fish are entrapped. Twice a day the adult Wagenya people pull out these baskets to check if there is any fish caught; in which case somebody will dive into the river to fetch it. At the end of each day the product of this ancient way of fishing is divided among all the members of the same family; including also those who did not take direct action into it. The locations where each individual can set his baskets are inherited.
Elver fishing using basket traps, includingeel bucks, has been of significant economic value in many river estuaries on the western seaboard of Europe.
TheKuki people ofIndia,Burma, andBangladesh use many kinds of traps and snares, including the Bawm (basket trap). Ngoituh is a method of usingdams and baskets in a flowing river to catch fish.
TheGogodala women ofPapua New Guinea earn income from their making of fishing baskets.
Thetribes of Jharkhand inIndia use a unique localbamboo to fashion sturdy fishing baskets.
TheDance of Cambodia can involve the carrying of fishing baskets.
The basket stitch on anAran sweater on theAran Islands offIreland signifies the fisherman's basket and the knitter's wish for the recipient's plentiful catch.
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