Fish Trap

The Fish Trap is a way to gather food in Age of Empires II. The only unit that can build them are Fishing Ships, as they are built on water (although after placed on the map, villagers can help build them if they are close enough to the shoreline). They can be thought of as aquatic farms, and as with farms, it is best not to build them until after the schools of fish have run out.

Tactics and Placement
The Fish Trap costs and provides  until the Fish Trap runs out of food and must built again. Reseed farms does not benefit the fish traps, it also can't be upgraded. It also have no benefits of any civilization bonuses (Except for the Malians 15% wood discount on all buildings in The African Kingdoms expansion).

Fish traps is probably the least used of all buildings and structures. It  is only used in certain types of maps (water maps) in certain situations when the player runs out of space on their island, there are no more fish around and they need to gather food for survival in late Imperial Age. Generally Farms are always a better option than fish traps in all game types in all maps.

Changes In The Forgotten Expansion

 * Fish Traps building time decreased by 13 sec (train time=40, farms are still 15)

History
''Dried and salted fish were valuable commodities in the Middle Ages because they were a source of protein that could be transported and store. Cod caught off Iceland and Norway was an especially valuable resource. Fishing technology improvements included the fish trap that allowed the netting of fish migrating up rivers and in coastal areas.''