Chumash Indians carry a tomol ashore. Lithograph by WiIliam Langdon Kihn (1998-1957), 1948. National Geographic Creative/Bridgeman Images.

People of the Estuary. Calusa Indians fishing with a net in a shallow estuary in southern Florida.
Art by Merald Clark, courtesy Florida Museum of Natural History.

Fishermen work a seine on the Nile. XI Dynasty, tomb of Meketre, Egyptian National Museum, Cairo/Bridgeman Images.

 Cod fishing from a dory on the Grand Banks, 1880s. Unknown artist.
North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy Stock Photo.

 Pilchard fishing in Cornwall: emptying the seine. Study for a painting by C. Napier Hemy
(1841-1917), 1895. ã Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums/Bridgeman Images.