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It was ages ago that the Chinese brought their dipnet style of fishing to the Malabar Coast, but the now-indigenous method is still called “Chinese fishing.”The practice can be seen not far from downtown Kochi (Cochin), at the north end of the peninsula in the Fort Cochin area.

This style of fishing is also practiced in the backwaters south of Kochi — Kayankulam and Asthamudi Lakes. The boatmen poled our kettuvallam through the lakes as the sun set, fishermen working on their dipnet rigs until dark.

Waters here are heavily fished, as their often meager catches show. The fishing practice goes on, nonetheless.