An Indian fisherman catches fish in front of the popular Chinese nets at Fort Kochi in Kochi, 30 September 2007. The Chinese fishing nets at Fort Kochi are fixed land installations, which are used for a very unique and unusual method of fishing and are an age-old tourist attraction. 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. It is belived that the nets were introduced by the Chinese explorer Zheng He.
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