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Clint Madracheluib
Clint Madracheluib is a Palauan spearfisher. Career At the 2014 Micronesian Games, Madracheluib won a gold medal in the individual spearfishing event and a silver medal as part of the team event. At the Palau Sports Fishing Association (PSFA)'s annual Evolution Tournament in November 2023, he captained team Omenged to second place at the Wahoo Classic. The following year, he led team Omenged to victory at the PSFA's Tekoi ‘L Beluu Fishing Derby, in honor of Senator Regis Akitaya, after they caught a yellowfin tuna. References Living people 21st-century Palauan people Micronesian Games gold medalists for Palau Micronesian Games medalists in spearfishing Micronesian Games silver medalists for Palau Male spearfishers Palauan spearfishers Palauan sportsmen Year of birth missing (living people) {{Palau-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spearfishing
Spearfishing is fishing using handheld elongated, sharp-pointed tools such as a spear, gig, or harpoon, to impale the fish in the body. It was one of the earliest fishing techniques used by mankind, and has been deployed in artisanal fishing throughout the world for millennia. Early civilizations were familiar with the custom of spearing fish from rivers and streams using sharpened sticks. Modern spearfishing usually involves the use of underwater swimming gear and slingshot-like elastic spearguns or compressed gas powered pneumatic spearguns, which launch a tethered dart-like projectile to strike the target fish. Specialised techniques and equipment have been developed for various types of aquatic environments and target fish. Spearfishing uses no bait and is highly selective, with no by-catch, but inflicts lethal injury to the fish and thus precludes catch and release. Spearfishing may be done using free-diving, snorkelling, or scuba diving techniques, but spearfish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spearfishing At The Micronesian Games
Spearfishing competitions have been held at the quadrennial Micronesian Games since the 1994 Micronesian Games, with modern spearfishing replacing traditional spearfishing at the 2006 Micronesian Games. Traditional spearfishing History Spearfishing was first featured at the 1994 Micronesian Games, the third edition of the games. Guam won its first gold team medal at the 1998 Micronesian Games. At the 2002 Micronesian Games, Palau won team gold, Kosrae and Guam tied for silver and Pohnpei won bronze. Guamanian Roberto Cabreza won the individual event that year. Modern spearfishing Rules The competition features a men's individual and team event. The winner is decided by weighing the catches of fish caught in a given time; catches must weigh at least 1 kilogram or 2.2 pounds to be counted. Fishing for sea turtles, the ray-finned fishes humphead wrasse, green humphead parrotfish, balloonfish, porcupinefish and cartilinginous fish such as sharks and rays is prohibited. Spearfish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spearfishing At The 2014 Micronesian Games
The 8th Micronesian Games were held from July 20 to July 30, 2014, in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The Games began with an opening ceremony on the track and field grounds. They included "traditional war dances", and the unfurling of the Games flag in the air as it was delivered by parachute. At the closing of the Games, Guam had topped the medal table with eighty-one medals, of which forty-two were gold. Participating countries All Micronesian nations, states and territories participated in the Games. The host country was represented by four teams, one for each of its federated states: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap. The other participants included four independent countries (Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau) and two unincorporated organised territories of the United States: the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam. The 2014 Games were the second hosted by the FSM, the 2002 Games having also taken place in Pohnpei State. The scheduling of the Games c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palau Sports Fishing Association
Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands, while the eastern and central parts make up the Federated States of Micronesia. It has a total area of , making it the sixteenth smallest country in the world. The most populous island is Koror, home to the country's most populous city of the same name. The capital, Ngerulmud, is located on the largest island of Babeldaob, in Melekeok State. Palau shares maritime boundaries with international waters to the north, the Federated States of Micronesia to the east, Indonesia to the south, and the Philippines to the northwest. The country was originally settled approximately 3,000 years BP by migrants from Maritime Southeast Asia. Palau was first drawn on a European map by the Bohemian missionary Paul Klein based on a description given by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
