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Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoFishing is fun and good, but you still need access to water with a fish living in it. But a sharp stick or a rock is still cheaper and easier. Even a bow and arrow is very low tech and easily fashioned.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Well I live on the coast in the UK, so there is quite a bit of access to water.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I live in Minnesota USA-- The Land of 10,000 lakes. It’s actually 14,380 bodies of water 10 acres or larger. 117,000 if you add the waterbodies/ponds smaller than 10 acres. I’m sitting in my house drinking my tea and looking at the lake I live on. Minnesotans own 14,505 registered watercraft per 100,000 people-- the most in the US. And all of us spend LOT of time fishing on them. But it would be extremely illegal to use nets or traps to fish for them. (There are carve outs for Native Americans to do some limited netting).
So historically, eating fish on a non-commercial scale has been an important thing in this region since before European settlers showed up. But it has never been the main source of meat due to the general extra work it takes. It’s still easier to stick an arrow, (even a well thrown rock), into rabbit or squirrel. And a far bigger payout in calories to shoot that arrow into a white tail deer, elk, or moose with less effort than a fish.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Lakes are more limited than the sea though, I know here there are significantly fewer restrictions on sea fishing than fresh water. I can throw 50 traps off a kayak in the sea and I don’t even need a license or permit.