Easy Fishing in Cochin, India(印度小泻湖市捞鱼)-儿歌荟萃-万维博客-万维读者网（电脑版）

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		Easy Fishing in Cochin, India(印度小泻湖市捞鱼)	2020-03-18 13:32:56

2013-12-18

【Aiden in English】

The stench of fish was disgusting! The fishing area we stepped in was the main port for fishing in Cochin (Kochi), popularly known as "The Queen of the Arabian Sea" in India. From here, our cruise ship of Nautica Oceania could be seen very clearly from the backwaters of Vembanad, the longest lake in India.

The water was severely polluted with trash and encroachments. Birds plucked candy wrappers and Gatorade bottles out of the lake and took the junk back to their nests.

The fishing port consisted of more than three large Chinese-style "shore-operated lift nets" for catching fish. They looked like huge battering rams with a giant net at the end where the log would have been, making a perfect place to hold strong weight. These Chinese fishing nets were special in the way they caught fish. When the tide came in, the fish swam closer to the shore. When the tide went out, the fish swam out. If a net blocked the fish back to the sea, the tide would pull them into the net and the fish would be trapped inside.

A lot of the time, there weren't any fish. But it happened, it’s a jackpot. Since the net was so useful, the lake was emptied of its fish. There were only 3 or 4 mackerels on the net, and the next try wasn't much better. To make pulling out the nets easier, fishermen had giant stones at the end of the ropes. So when the tide went away, the net would become easier to be pulled out. It was a neat trick and I saw it with my own eyes. Each fishing net also had a depth limit. As the tide changed every time, new installations needed to be made. In addition, the fishermen had to pull out the net once in a while, or else the sea birds would take all the fish from the fishermen. No matter how good something is, there will be always a limit.

【红霞译文】

南部海滨城市科钦(意指“小泻湖”)盛享“阿拉伯海皇后”之美誉，著名的钓鱼码头却腥臭味横溢，实在令人作呕﹗从眼前万姆伯纳德(意指“最长河”)回水地带放眼望去，我们乘坐的航海‧大洋号游轮清晰可见。

“最长河”湖污染严重，垃圾海草泛滥成灾，海鸟从水中叼起糖纸、佳得乐饮料瓶，满载乐色食品扫兴而归。

钓鱼码头至少有三个中式“水岸操作固定悬吊网”，它们像重型打夯棒槌，尾端挂上超大的鱼网，这些中式鱼网特别适于当地钓鱼：涨潮时，鱼群游向海岸；退潮时，鱼群回到海里。当然，如果鱼网暗中挡住鱼群退路，海潮实际上让鱼群身陷囹圄，死无葬身之地。

因为鱼网捕捞过于奏效，时间一久，生态平衡倍受影响，湖中鱼类被赶尽杀绝，所以每次下网，要么什么也没有，要么只有三、四条个头不大的小鲭鱼，大部分时间几乎无鱼可捕；一旦瞎猫碰上死耗子，算你走运。为方便牵拉鱼杆，渔民们将大石头拴在绳索的一头，这样当退潮时，鱼网很容易从水中拉出，我亲眼目睹这么简捷的操作过程。还有一点，投网入水的深度相当关键，因此只要潮汐改变，渔民们都要调整鱼网装置，并且每隔一段时间，他们必须查收一次鱼网，否则空中盘旋的水鸟将把所有战利品毫不客气地化为己有。如是说来，世间事物都是相互制约的。

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