Baka chronicles June 2013 : Hook fishing with Moussolo (Southeastern Cameroon, Lomié district)

Auteur(s) : DUDA ROMAIN    13-06-2013  Éditeur(s) :    Description : Caméra, son, montage : Romain Duda (ICTA, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona / UMR7206 Musée de l’Homme, MNHN) The video shows the different stages of a hook fishing practiced by Moussolo, a Baka man, along a small stream few kilometers far from his village.  Hook fishing is one of the three fishing practices observed in the southeastern Cameroon among the Baka, along with poison fishing and dam fishing. Contrarily to dam fishing that is collaborative and involves exclusively women and girls, hook fishing is commonly performed by men, alone or in duo. In general, hook fishing targets specific species (mainly Brycinus kingsleyae, visible on the video, and Siluridae) depending on the size of the available hook, the thickness of the twine, and the type of pond or river chosen. Compared to dam fishing frequently practiced, hook fishing appears as as secondary subsistence activity given its low productivity. Its low occurrence might be related to the size of the rivers in the area, which do not allow to access to big fishes and probably because of the difficulty to buy hooks and nylon threads. The fishing stick is made with a stem, similar to the ones used for snaring, while a piece of wood, mostly Raphia sp., is used for the float. With his machete, the fisher rummages the mud of the riverbanks in search for worms to serve as baits. Old Baka and Nzime reminded that, in the past decades, hooks and wire were also made with wild vegetal materials found directly in the fishing spot, but were more fragile than the manufactured nylon thread used now.  For more information: Gallois S. & Duda R. 2016. Beyond productivity: The socio-cultural role of fishing among the Baka of southeastern Cameroon. Revue d’Ethnoécologie, Special issue “Ethnobiology of freshwater fishing in the Congo Basin” (Dounias E. & Oishi T. eds). Mots-clés libres : pygmées, subsistance, cours d'eau tropicaux, subsistence, Pygmies, fish, hook, fishing, hameçon, baka, Cameroun, ALIMENTATION, pêche, technique Classification générale : Coutumes, étiquette, folklore Problèmes et services sociaux; associations Sociologie Accès à la ressource : http://www.canal-u.tv/video/smm/baka_chronicles_ju... rtmpt://fms2.cerimes.fr:80/vod/smm/baka.chronicles... Conditions d'utilisation : Droits réservés à l'éditeur et aux auteurs. © 2016 Romain Duda, ICTA, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona / UMR7206 Musée de l’Homme, MNHN

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