Spearfishing

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.^[1]

Spearfishing Media

Spearfisher Monument in Croatia
A Hawaiian spearfisher (1909).
Head of an arrow used for fishing, from Guyana.
Spearfishing mask with single integrated breathing tube manufactured during the 1950s by the United Service Agency based in the French city of Nice.
Spearfisherman hunting Yellowfin tuna in the Ryukyu Islands
A common carp shot with a band-powered speargun by a diver using snorkelling gear, Minnesota, US
Freshwater pike catch in Finland
Night spear fishing, Amazon basin, Peru
Menominees spearfishing salmon at night by torchlight and canoe on Fox River

Notes

↑ Guthrie, Dale Guthrie (2005) The Nature of Paleolithic Art. Page 298. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-31126-0

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[1] Guthrie, Dale Guthrie (2005) The Nature of Paleolithic Art. Page 298. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-31126-0

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