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The oldest type of net used by the Chesapeake Bay watermen is called a pound net. Wooden stakes are pushed into the bottom of the Bay, spaced apart in a line that runs across the tide. Nets are strung between the stakes and along the bottom of the river, making a fish trap. In late February the pound netter starts to put in the stakes. By the middle of March he will set his nets and start fishing. Each day the waterman goes out to the pound net and scoops the fish out with a hand net. He will not remove the pound net, except for many repairs, until November.
Pound net
These traditional boats tended to the oyster fleets working the beds in the Bay, buying harvested oysters from the oystermen in the afternoon, and running those oysters to faraway markets and rail centers in Norfolk, Crisfield, Baltimore, and Washington DC, and to local shucking houses and canneries around the Bay.
Restored Chesapeake Bay oyster buy boat
A boat floating on Chesapeake Bay.
Boat in the Bay
A boat floating on Chesapeake Bay.
Boat in the Bay
Boats floating in community dock in Neavitt, Maryland.
Boats at the dock
Boats floating in community dock in Neavitt, Maryland.
Boats at the dock
Docked boats on the Bay.
Docked boats
Docked waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Docked waterman's boat
Equipment on a waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Equipment on a waterman's boat
Equipment on a waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Equipment on a waterman's boat
Equipment on a waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Equipment on a waterman's boat
Fishing equipment on the dock.
Fishing equipment
Fishing equipment on a waterman's boat.
Fishing equipment
Fishing equipment on watermen's boats.
Fishing equipment on boats
Docked waterman boat.
Waterman boat
Watermen boats docked in the Bay.
Watermen boats
Watermen boats docked in the Bay.
Watermen boats
Watermen boats docked in Neavitt, Maryland.
Watermen boats
Boats floating in community dock in Neavitt, Maryland.
Boats at the dock
Illustration of a fish trap used in Chilika Lake, a brackish water lagoon spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on the east coast of India.
Fish trap 2
Illustration of a local fishing boat used on Chilika Lake, a brackish water lagoon located in the Odisha state on the east coast of India.
Net fishers (India)
Both fisheries and seaweed farming are important livelihoods for local communities. Therefore, it is critical to promote cooperation among resource users, to reduce conflicts, and to establish guidelines for participatory planning among seaweed farmers and fisherfolks.
Participatory water access planning for seaweed…

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