Dugout hulls with bamboo outriggers, hand lines, and a strait that drops to a thousand metres a kilometre offshore.
Why this channel
What you will learn here
Fishing is the coastal economy, the source of much of the food page, and the most photogenic dawn in the country.
Four short filmed conversations with the people who know this subject first-hand are being produced for this page by Stays of Timor. Each is two to three minutes — honest, local, and recorded in Timor-Leste.
The interviews
Four conversations, four angles
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 1Building an outrigger
From a single log to a working boat, with hand tools.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 2A night and a morning on the water
Gear, grounds, timing and what actually comes up.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 3Reading weather and current without instruments
Wind seasons, swell, stars and the signs that keep people alive.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 4Fishing, reefs and the future
Destructive gear, marine tara bandu, and getting more value from less fish.
In pictures
Craft & Livelihood
Carving at EASEL ArtsMarket day, AileuBoats at BaucauBamboo house, Ataúro
Photos: Ministry of Tourism & Environment, Timor-Leste
Part of the Timor Information Channels — 28 subjects, told by the people who know them. Produced by Stays of Timor.
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