Fishing has helped societies and livelihoods for millennia. Since human culture began, rivers, lakes, ponds, springs, and other water bodies have supported agriculture, fishing, and other activities. Kashmir has a sizable fishing colony known as Heanz in the local Kashmiri dialect and Hanji in official records around the lake and river margins. These fisherfolks constitute a community only by their common occupation and all that the common occupation entails. Despite the many religious and social origins of the state's fishing communities, it may be vital to comprehend how these fisherfolk primarily functioned as a class or subsector within its vast informal sector. There is an abundance of onshore habitat and indigenous fishing ethos around Wular Lake, and fish has been a crucial component of this Hanji community's life from time immemorial. Due to the community's proximity to this colossal waterbody, they are entirely dedicated to fishing. They continue to utilize all the traditional fishing methods used for generations, with very few adjustments. They have a wealth of traditional knowledge about the natural components of the fish and the environment that they use. It may include information about water quality, weather predictions, and fish migration, among other things. Indigenous crafts, fishing nets, wooden boats, self-knit cast nets, and self-knit bag nets are all used for fishing. With the use of these conventional techniques, these fishers adhere to a decades-old fishing practice. This research will make an effort to visualise these cultural complexities of fishing practices through its use of a visual focus in the article, which offers a novel approach to presenting the cultural heritage associated with fishing practices.
