Fig. 5From: An endangered regional cuisine in Sweden: the decline in use of European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus (L., 1758), as food stuffA traditional lift net for smelt fishing observed, described, and sketched by Swedish researcher Carl Linnaeus in Persberg, eastern Värmland, in 1746. The same kind of lift nets are still used in that area today. (Source Carl Linnaeus, Wästgötha Resa, 1747 [36])Back to article page