In Belgium, horses pull shrimp nets in tradition unchanged for 600 years

In the small western Belgian fishing village of Oostduinkerke, fishermen use horses, rather than boats, to go shrimp fishing — one of the very few places in the world still using a technique dating back to the 15th century. The method makes use of the horse’s strength to pull a fishing net through the shallow waters of Oostduinkerke, a natural habitat to grey shrimp (Crangon crangon), just before and after low tide. “We see that the population of shrimps is going down every year. We catch a lot of plastic these days. 12 photo’s, >click to read< 16:53

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