Jul 18 2009
Small Croatian fishing boats
I will like to post two pictures of small Croatian fishing boats. Croatia has a fishing fleet consisting of large trawlers and purse seiners, but on this post you will see smaller boats used by the locals for traditional fishing, nowadays more in terms of recreational fishing.
The picture above is taken in Seget Vranjica not far from Trogir. I will visit Trogir later this summer and hopefully I will learn more about the use of these boats and the traditional fishing gear.
The next picture shows a boat in Tucepi (a bit further southeast on the Croatian coastline). A lot of similar boats was seen in Tucepi and in the evening they left the harbour. The boats is then easily seen not far from the coast as the fishermen use lights to attract the prey. This way of fishing squids can be observed from late summer till late fall.
Love your blog! Great seeing all these species I never otherwise get to see. I work for the Fish and Game Dept., here in San Francisco, my blog talks a lot about our local Pacific fisheries. It’s cool how different areas of the world develop their own fishing boat aesthetics–usually shaped by the fish they pursue. Here in SF it was all about the Faluccas, (the boats of Portugese and Italian immigrants) then came the Monterrey boats.
There is a fishery here for Humbolt squid off shore, they are massive. Crazy stuff.
Also: nice lobsters, yesterday my buddy and I went off shore in our kayaks and picked twenty monster sized Dungenss crabs… just bragging.
Love the blog. If you have any interest in SF’s fisheries check me out. Otherwise… Thanks!
Now THAT’S a cool boat!
Your blog have let me feel another sight of fishing.
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