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Photo Title
NA
Photographer/Creator
Moises Saman
Collection
Publisher
Freelance
Caption/Description
SPAIN
Sisargas Islands, Coast of Death, Galicia, Spain. A percebes fisherman approaches the surf as he seraches for percebes, known in english as gooseneck barnicles, growing on rocks along the infamous Coast of Death in Galicia, Northern Spain.
Percebes fishermen are probably the world's most at-risk seafood gatherers. Percebes grow only in extreme Atlantic surf and are most profitably harvested in the winter, when the supply is limited by the risks involved in harvesting. Fishermen have found percebes on the coasts of Vancouver Island, Washington State, (although authorities have now banned barnacle fishing in both places, for the most part) Chile, Thailand, Portugall, Morocco and elsewhere, but nowhere in the world is the supply more plentiful than the Costa da Morte ï¾– the Coast of Death ï¾– in Galicia.
Sisargas Islands, Coast of Death, Galicia, Spain. A percebes fisherman approaches the surf as he seraches for percebes, known in english as gooseneck barnicles, growing on rocks along the infamous Coast of Death in Galicia, Northern Spain.
Percebes fishermen are probably the world's most at-risk seafood gatherers. Percebes grow only in extreme Atlantic surf and are most profitably harvested in the winter, when the supply is limited by the risks involved in harvesting. Fishermen have found percebes on the coasts of Vancouver Island, Washington State, (although authorities have now banned barnacle fishing in both places, for the most part) Chile, Thailand, Portugall, Morocco and elsewhere, but nowhere in the world is the supply more plentiful than the Costa da Morte ï¾– the Coast of Death ï¾– in Galicia.
Citation
Moises Saman, "NA," in POYi Archive, Item #41609, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/41609 (accessed April 21, 2025).
Date Added
03.08.2011