Qataris hooked on traditional handline fishing competition

Qataris hooked on traditional handline fishing competition

On the Doha seashore, rows of wooden dhow boats line a pier, with scores of fish on display - part of the Senyar festival seeking to revive Qatar's long seafaring tradition.

Aboard the boats, men in customary sea gear reprise the age-old tradition of line-fishing in the energy-rich Gulf emirate for the festival's 11th edition.

"This is basically by generation.

We got that from our father.

And then, my grandfather and that and so on," says one Emirati competitor who is a member of a Qatari team.