Fisherman paddling out to check his nets on Lake Mweru Wantipa, Kaputa District

Most fishermen on Lake Mweru Wantipa use nets to collect their catches. The nets can be as long as a half mile and around three or four feet wide. The tops of the nets have floats, such as cork, and the bottoms are weighted, often with small stones. The nets thereby float upright, creating a larger surface to catch fish in their mesh. The nets are often splayed out near sunset and collected in the morning. The fisherman in the photo is riding in a dugout, made from a solid wood log.

• 1976

• Cancel, Robert

6840-08 Kaputa - Nsama LMWT boat 1976

• Lake Mweru Wantipa, Northern Province, Zambia
• Zambia

• Photography

• Boats
• Fishermen (people)
• Lakes (bodies of water)
• Local industries
• Tabwa culture
• Water

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Shared Shelf: 199325

• Cancel, Robert

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