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LLECHRYD, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 12: Bernard Thomas, 86, checks his recently repaired traditional coracle boat for leaks as he prepares for one of his final nights fishing for salmon, on the River Teifi at Llechryd on May 12 2008 in Ceredigion, Wales. After 82 years spent fishing on the waters, Bernard Thomas, is set to retire from the industry which has seen generations of his family fish from Coracles. A combination of the soaring cost of fishing licences and the depleted fish stocks has seen the ancient art of coracle fishing forced off the waters and all but disappear. According to the few remaining fishermen, global warming and modern farming methods, has meant that the average number of salmon caught has dropped from 5-6 a night, to last season, none at all.
