Garagir Handcrafts

A dome-shaped , cage -like trap, gargoor (plural garagir) was used in fishing all year around. They were left on the seabed for between three to five days during winter, when fish are more abundant, and for anything up to three weeks in summer. Gargoor traps were traditionally built by specialist trap makers using locally sourced palm fronds, nowadays they are made of imported metal wire, maintaining the same shapes and sizes. They ranged from 0.60 to 3 meters in height, depending on the type of fish that was being caught and the depth of the water in which they were thrown.