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Spearfishing is a method of fishing that has been used throughout the world for millennia. Early civilizations were familiar with this method of spearing fish from rivers and streams using sharpened sticks.

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  • SpearfisherMonument

    Spearfisher Monument in Croatia

  • Photo of painting displaying man standing on boat with two small dogs, pointing spear at fish

    Fisherman with a spear in a wall painting from the tomb of Usheret in Thebes, 18 Dynasty, around 1430 BC

  • Spearfisherman Ryu Kyu Islands July 2007

    Spearfisherman hunting Yellowfin tuna in the Ryukyu Islands

  • Freshwater spearfishing

    A common carp shot with a band-powered speargun by a diver using snorkelling gear, Minnesota, US

  • Photo of man standing on rock holding spear with spearpoint in the water

    A Hupa man with his spear

  • Fishing arrow Guyana

    Head of an arrow used for fishing, from Guyana.

  • Spear fishing Peru

    Night spear fishing, Amazon basin, Peru

  • Photo of man sitting in kayak holding spear in throwing position with right arm raised and right hand extended above and behind his head

    Inuit hunter with harpoon in kayak, Hudson Bay, circa 1908-1914

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