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Almadraba
from Barbate Turismo 2019
by editorialmic
LA ALMADRABA
Barbate conserva un laborioso y milenario arte de pesca dedicado a la captura del atún: La Almadraba.
Desde el siglo V a. C. se conoce en Atenas el garum, relacionado con la pesca, el comercio y las salazones. Esta técnica pesquera, heredada por fenicios, romanos y árabes, llega a su esplendor a finales del s. XIX con la familia Romeu. En 1928 se establece un consorcio entre el Estado y los almadraberos, que desapareció en 1971.
El Estrecho es lugar de paso obligado para esta codiciada especie capturada entre dos líneas de redes colocadas por varias embarcaciones, lo que crea un “pasillo” que lleva el atún hasta el copo, desde donde se suben a bordo en la característica “levantá”, un impresionante espectáculo.
The strait is an obligatory cross place to the coveted tuna species
THE ALMADRABA TUNNA FISHING
Barbate preserves a painstaking, centuries-old tunafishing tradition called the Almadraba.
As early as the 5th Century, garum - a fish paste derived from the fishing trade and salting business - was known in Athens. This fishing technique inherited from the Phoenicians, Romans and Moors, had its heyday at the end of the 19th Century with the Romeu family. In 1928, a consortium was established between the State and the almadraba fishermen that later disappeared in 1971.
The Strait of Gibraltar is a necessary waypoint for this prized species of tuna which is captured using lines of nets set by a number of different boats to create a pasaje that funnels the tuna up to the surface where they are brought on board in the characteristic “levantá” (raising), an impressive spectacle.
