Preliminary research conducted during June 2000

by Jean Hudson, Anthropology Department, UWM.

Funding by the Center for Latin America.

Men setting out to fish using traditional reed boats, Huanchaco, Peru, June 2000.            .                

     Reed boats and paddle                        Boats with 5'2" anthropologist for scale.

Fishermen cleaning net after a fishing expedition.            The catch, being identified to taxon.

Nylon nets in use today, being repaired.          Modern tools for net repair.

Cotton nets in use previously.              Stone weights, still in use today.