Paluan fishermen began to use fast, powerful underwater spearguns
with detachable shafts in the late 1940s, to catch sea turtles,
fish, and octopus §.
Smithsonian Institution Women's Council and National Museum of
Natural History
Ocean Planet Exhibition Floorplan
gene carl feldman (gene@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (301) 286-9428 Judith Gradwohl, Smithsonian Institution (Curator/Ocean Planet)