Damin usually sets off in the late afternoon and gets the cormorants ready for work.

大民通常在下午晚些时候动身，并准备好鸬鹚。

A few decades later, Peru started protecting the remaining cormorants — it's one of the first examples of a government stepping in to protect a natural resource.

又过了数十年，秘鲁开始保护剩余冠鸬鹚——这是政府涉足保护自然资源先例之一。

We received a double-crested cormorant a few days ago.

几天前我们收到了一只双冠獾。

These days, competition for modern fishing techniques, means the Huangs can't make a living from traditional cormorant fishing alone.

而如今，现代技术激烈竞争意味着使黄老汉已不能仅靠鸬鹚这一传统手段谋生了。

His nine cormorants, the unmissable lead actors of every performance, have taken already their positions under the audience's gaze.

他那九只鸬鹚，作为每场出不可或缺主角，已经在观众注视下就位。

Captain Delannoy navigates his container ship towards the lock at Chatou, past cormorants and swans, houseboats and parks.

德拉努瓦船长驾驶着他集装箱船驶向沙特乌船闸，经过鸬鹚和天鹅、船屋和公园。

A cormorant may be looking for lunch, but chasing a porcupine puffer fish is all about fun.

鸬鹚也许在寻找午餐，但追逐一只剌鲀纯属是为了好玩。

Li is one of the cleanest rivers in China, a favorite spot for fishermen with their trained cormorants.

漓江是中国最清澈河流之一，是者和他们训练有素鸬鹚最爱点。

And the locals no longer rely on cormorant fishing as a means of a living.

而当地人也不再靠鸬鹚为生。

On the tips of other trees, long-tailed cormorants, Madagascan bee-eaters and kingfishers perched, looking for food.

在其他树尖上，长尾鸬鹚、马达加斯加食蜂鸟和翠鸟栖息着，寻找食物。

The cormorants bring the fish back to the boat. The fish are then taken and thrown into a big basket by Damin.

鸬鹚把带回到船上。被取出来，扔进大民一个大筐里。

But in the mid-1800s, a bird called the guanay cormorant was considered the most valuable in the world!

但在十九世纪中叶，一种被称为冠鸬鹚鸟则被公认为是世界上最具价值动物！

The " White Dew" solar terms each year happens to be when newborn cormorant chicks are growing, and is also when river fish fatten for winter hibernation.

每年白露节气正好是新生鸬鹚幼鸟成长之时，也是江中为冬季休眠而增肥时候。

But while the guano boom was great for agriculture, it was bad news for the guanay cormorant and other seabirds that called the islands home.

虽然鸟粪为农业生产带来了巨大收益，但对于居住在这些岛屿上冠鸬鹚及其它海鸟来说，这却是一个坏消息。

From the time it first hatched, each of these cormorants has been reared to a life of obedience to its master.

从出生那一刻起，每一个鸬鹚就开始被训练成为忠仆。

Cormorant fishing was once practiced in lots of places in South-East China, and there were many fishermen in the area.

鸬鹚曾经惯于中国东南部很多地方，而且在该地区有许多渔民。

In their eyes, cormorants are their closest companions.

在他们眼中，鸬鹚是最亲密伙伴。

It's said the cormorants can keep a tally of the fish they catch, at least up to seven.

据说鸬鹚能够记住它们获数目，至少能记住七条。

Thousands of years ago, the people here began training cormorant birds to fish for a living.

千年前，这里人们就开始驯养以为生鸬鹚。

Raising cormorants is not an easy undertaking.

养鸬鹚可不是一件容易事。