Myanmar Traditional Fishing Tools

Myanmar Fishermen, traditionally fish by using small fishing traps with boats at the river mouths, and coastal areas.
This type of fishing is called “Yee-Kwin fishing” “open-field fishing” where the tool called “Yee-kwin” is used. It consists of a rectangular fish-trap made of two-crossed bamboo poles wrapped at the corners by a 3ft to 4ft length of thin cloth filter. Where it is dipped in the water and later drained off water, small fish and prawns are trapped and then they are collected by cup. So, this type of fishing is more effective in catching small fish and prawns.
Another type of fishing is to catch spiny eel by using bamboo fish-traps. The thin bamboo-rods are closely raked, swelled 1ft 3inch in the middle and closed at one end by a wood plate and rod. There is a hole and a valve at the closed bottom plate. A lot of sping eels are caught with this type of bamboo fish-traps kept in rows under shallow water.

In the method of fishing “Myin Win Sae”, there is and entrance way for boats called “Pa Naung pauk” at the side of the trap.

The basic is “Lat Swee” or “Galon Taung” which gives a way for the fish to enter into the trap. A hole is perforated at the center of the rods of the bamboo-screen, by crossing at the center of it, they appear gutter –shaped, and fish entered into this gutter are caught.This process is called “Gan Taik”. When the current is slow, you have to push the fish to the back of the trap with the rods of bamboo-screen along the trap.The fish that are caught are stored in a room called “Bonlon” before they are sold.We’ve now presented to you about the three techniques of fishing by using Myanmar Traditional Fishing-Trap in catching small fish and prawns.
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