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Spearfishing facts for kids

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Spearfishing is a method of fishing that has been used throughout the world for millennia. Early civilizations were familiar with this method of spearing fish from rivers and streams using sharpened sticks.

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  • SpearfisherMonument

    Spearfisher Monument in Croatia

  • Tomb of Usheret 01

    Fisherman with a spear in a wall painting from the tomb of Usheret in Thebes, 18 Dynasty, around 1430 BC

  • Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustracions picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of (14767006695)

    A Hawaiian spearfisher (1909).

  • Fishing arrow Guyana

    Head of an arrow used for fishing, from Guyana.

  • Spearfisherman Ryu Kyu Islands July 2007

    Spearfisherman hunting Yellowfin tuna in the Ryukyu Islands

  • Hauki

    Freshwater pike catch in Finland

  • Spear fishing Peru

    Night spear fishing, Amazon basin, Peru

  • PaulKane-HuntingFish-ROM

    Menominees spearfishing salmon at night by torchlight and canoe on Fox River

  • A smoky day at the Sugar Bowl--Hupa

    A Hupa man with his spear

  • Inuit hunter with harpoon

    Inuit hunter with harpoon in kayak, Hudson Bay, circa 1908-1914

  • Hellenic Federation of Underwater Activity & Sport Fishing Office

    Office of the Hellenic Federation of Underwater Activity & Sport Fishing

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Pesca submarina para niños

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