Description
Fishing in Malta is a book that will be of great interest to amateur and professional fishermen, as well as to all those who have Maltese history and folklore at heart.
The author describes in detail the fishing methods which were and are still in use by fishermen, including various types of nets, pots and long-lines, as well as other minor implements commonly used by amateur fishermen, from the shore or boat. These include, among others, the trammel net (parit), the seine net (tartarun), the gill net to catch Bonito (plamtu), Angel Shark (xkatlu) and Sea bream (ka]li), trawling (sajd tat-tkarkir), the prawn dredge (gangmu tal-gambli), the Kopp tal-Lasta, the cast net (terrie]a), the shrimp hoop (kopp tal-gambli), the cover-net, the kopp tas-sicc, the tonnara, the konz tal-lenza, the konz tal-Burqax, the konz tas-Sirran, the konz tad-Denci, the konz tac-cerna, surface long-lines to catch tuna and swordfish, shark fishing, the ]iel and kulpara, the mitlaq, various methods of trolling (sajd bir-rixa), the forka, the mrejkba, the Bogue pot (nassa tal-vopi), the pot for catching Picarel (nassa ta’ l-arznell), pots made of metal wire, Kannizzati fishing, the imqass, the gaffa, the kannicc`, the cancir, the delfinara, sponge fishing and coral fishing.
The traditional fishing boats, their construction, the names of the numerous parts from which they were constructed and the tools used by the boat builder are described in great detail.
The book also includes the history of the marketing of fish, the history of the Fisheries Department, and aquaculture.
An appendix includes a compendium of legislation pertaining to the fishing industry dating back 600 years, as well as graphs showing the amount of different species of fish caught during the past 60 years.
Although the book is written in English, Maltese terminology is used whenever necessary.
