FISHING INDUSTRY OF KRIAN AND KURAU, PERAK. gg 



Blat Langei (an in-shore blat). 



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Made of bakau (mangrove) wood stakes. The trap is a 

 string net in the shape of a bag. There are six rattan rings 

 on it, and the net travels up and down on stakes passed 

 through the rings. 



A man watches in a boat outside the net, and pulls it up to 

 empty out the fish, and re-sets it ; the operation is repeated 

 as long as the ebb tide lasts, 



