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This job is pretty hardcore

high voltage cable inspection .  Let’s hope that this guy is better attached

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A very unusual method of fishing, operated from the shore. They are fixed land installations, which are used for a very unique and unusual method of fishing. Operated from the shore, these nets are set up on bamboo and teak poles and held horizontally by huge mechanisms, which lower them into the sea. They look somewhat like hammocks and are counter-weighed by large stones tied to ropes.

The entire structure of the Chinese fishing nets is about 10 meters in height. Each fishing net spreads to about 20 meters over the water body and is operated by a team of some six fishermen. Each net has a limited operating depth. Due to this, an individual net cannot be repeatedly operated in tidal waters. The nets are operated by a very clever system of weights and pulleys. The net is lowered into the water by one or two men walking on the wooden planks, with the planks gliding down like a seesaw. The net is left in the water for a few minutes, then hauled up using a series of ropes with rocks attached to them. Each net requires 4-6 fishermen to pull it up.

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