Fishing weir

A fishing weir is a type of fish trap, a technology used by, among others, North American Natives and early settlers to catch fish for trade and to feed their communities. The fishing weir is constructed using wooden stakes woven together to create a that water can pass through yet fish cannot. The pattern of wooden stakes depends on the location and nature of the waters being fished.

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Fish - Trap - North America - Native - Settler - Fishing - Weir - Wooden - Stake - Pattern

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Natives in Nova Scotia use weirs that stretch across the entire river to retain shad during their seasonal runs up the Shubenacadie, Nine Mile, and Stewiacke rivers, and use nets to scoop the trapped fish. Various weir patterns were used on tidal waters to retain a variety of different species, which are still being used to this day. V-shaped weirs with circular formations to hold the fish during high tides are used on the Bay of Fundy to fish herring, which follow the flow of water. Similar V-shaped weirs are used in British Columbia to corral salmon to the end of the "V" during the changing of the tides.

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Nova Scotia - Shad - Shubenacadie - Tidal - Bay of Fundy - Herring - British Columbia - Salmon

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