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Japanese Gillnet Float
This was a gift from a fisherman I used to know.
In the days before cork floats, Japanese fishermen along the coast of British Columbia used these little floats to buoy up their nets. Occasionally they would come adrift of the nets and wash up on beaches. When someone finds one, it's a bit of a treasure, because they are quite rare, and haven't been used for about 60 years.
Japanese Gillnet Float
This was a gift from a fisherman I used to know.
In the days before cork floats, Japanese fishermen along the coast of British Columbia used these little floats to buoy up their nets. Occasionally they would come adrift of the nets and wash up on beaches. When someone finds one, it's a bit of a treasure, because they are quite rare, and haven't been used for about 60 years.