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    This document compares indigenous fish traps from Africa and Australia. [1] In Africa, basket fish traps were made of woven reeds and grass in a wide conical shape to easily swim into. Barrier fish traps used flexible thinner sticks woven between sturdier sticks arranged in concentric circles, trapping fish as the tide receded. [2] In Australia, basket eel traps and barrier fish traps were similarly made of reeds and grass but the basket had a narrow tube to trap eels and the barrier used poles supported by horizontal poles with woven trapdoors at intervals to trap fish swimming through. [3] Today, these designs have been adapted into small hand nets and larger drag nets that act as barriers trapping

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    This document compares indigenous fish traps from Africa and Australia. [1] In Africa, basket fish traps were made of woven reeds and grass in a wide conical shape to easily swim into. Barrier fish traps used flexible thinner sticks woven between sturdier sticks arranged in concentric circles, trapping fish as the tide receded. [2] In Australia, basket eel traps and barrier fish traps were similarly made of reeds and grass but the basket had a narrow tube to trap eels and the barrier used poles supported by horizontal poles with woven trapdoors at intervals to trap fish swimming through. [3] Today, these designs have been adapted into small hand nets and larger drag nets that act as barriers trapping

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    This document compares indigenous fish traps from Africa and Australia. [1] In Africa, basket fish traps were made of woven reeds and grass in a wide conical shape to easily swim into. Barrier fish traps used flexible thinner sticks woven between sturdier sticks arranged in concentric circles, trapping fish as the tide receded. [2] In Australia, basket eel traps and barrier fish traps were similarly made of reeds and grass but the basket had a narrow tube to trap eels and the barrier used poles supported by horizontal poles with woven trapdoors at intervals to trap fish swimming through. [3] Today, these designs have been adapted into small hand nets and larger drag nets that act as barriers trapping

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    Comparison of indigenous fish traps in Africa and Australia

    Africa Australia
    Basket fish traps Basket eel traps

    Kosi Bay barrier fish traps Barrier fish traps

    AW can be found at
    http://www.kosibay.net/fishtrap.htm

    1. Look carefully at the pictures above, then write a report from your observations.
    Use the suggested headings to assist you.

    1.1 Basket traps


     What materials were used? [4 marks]
     What method was used to construct it? [6 marks]
     How is the design suited to the need? [3 marks]

    1.2 Barrier traps


     What materials were used? [4 marks]
     What method was used to construct it? How is it the same as the basket trap and
    how is it different? [6 marks]
     How is the design suited to the need? [3 marks]

    2. Briefly discuss how these indigenous designs have been adapted today in our fishing.
    [4 marks]

    [30 marks]

    Edupstairs Grade R - 9 Learning www.edupstairs.org


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    n e
    number marks
    1.1 4 marks 1.1
    6 marks Africa Australia
    3 marks Materials Reeds and grass Reeds and grass
    Method Woven loosely with Woven tightly.
    large gaps.
    Design Wide conical structure Wide mouth but narrow
    to swim into easily. tube so eel is caught and
    1.2 4 marks trapped.
    6 marks 1.2
    3 marks Africa Australia
    Materials Sturdy sticks with Straight thin poles
    flexible thinner ones supported in place by
    horisontal ones Grass
    woven trapdoors
    Method Flexible thinner ones Supported in place by
    woven in between. horisontal one and others
    acting as a buttress with
    trapdoors at intervals.
    Design Arranged in concentric Fish swim in through
    circles – fish swim in woven trap door. This
    with tide to feed, closes and fish are trapped.
    trapped as tide
    recedes.

    2 4 marks Today we have fishing nets on a small scale, as in hand nets for rock
    pools or for landing fish caught, and larger drag nets that act as
    barriers and trap hundreds of fish at a time.
    [30 marks]

    Edupstairs Grade R - 9 Learning www.edupstairs.org

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