Life on the ocean

CREAMA, a public local development consortium that serves eight towns of the Marina Alta area, has launched an initiative to encourage young people to choose careers that involve one of our most valuable resources: the Mediterranean.

More than 1,000 students at 15 local secondary schools will be introduced to sailing and fishing, leisure activities, and boat repair and maintenance, hospitality and so on, to ensure that these skills are passed down to new generations.

Students will learn about the benefits of working in this sector and how these professions have a future. There will be various presentations during February that will address two differentiated aspects of a nautical career, the first focusing on recreational sailing covering content such as nautical leisure and the sports aspect, boat repairs and maintenance of boats, and tourism or the main qualifications necessary for sailing or working as crew.

The second will talk about the importance of the fishing fleet in the Marina Alta, fishing equipment, and requirements to become a professional fisherman.