“In five years, we’ve gone from 232 fishing days a year to just 143.”
As Chief Skipper, I want to convey—in my own words, as you’ve come to know me—the situation we’re experiencing and enduring. It’s now a reality: it’s been five years since the Management Plan for Trawling in the European Mediterranean was implemented, and we’ve had enough! We’ve made titanic efforts to survive, and far from things […]
Fishing Regulations and Closed Seasons
Artisanal fishing in the Mediterranean is governed by a series of regulations drafted and approved in offices kilometers away that, far from making their work easier, strangle them more and more each season until their livelihood becomes increasingly unviable. They simply want to be allowed to fish—of course, while complying with all regulations—since they are, […]
Seasonal fish
Is characterized by being at its peak in terms of flavor, quality, and price depending on the time of year You don’t catch the same fish all year round. We’re talking about locally caught fish. Fresh, fresh. The fish from our coasts. What the ring-net, trawl, or longline boats of our fishing guilds unload at […]
The auction at the Llotja
The new Barcelona Fish Market was inaugurated on May 31, 2024, located in the Moll de Pescadores del Puerto Viejo, popularly known as “Platjeta.” This new market has 3,233 m² of facilities dedicated to fishing activities and also has a new ice factory. There are two areas dedicated to auctions. The auction of trawl catches […]
Virgen del Carmen, patron saint of seafarers
A tradition celebrated every year by the Barceloneta Fishermen’s Guild, usually on the Saturday closest to July 16 (the feast day of the Virgen del Carmen). A procession leaves from the parish church of San Miguel and makes its way to the Fishermen’s Wharf. There, the statue is placed on one of the boats and, […]
Purse seine or light seine fishing
A day aboard the Nuevo Jaime David Every night, at approximately 10 p.m., the encircling fishing boats set out and fish all night long until they return at around 7 a.m. As the name suggests, the modality consists of surrounding the shoals of fish, mostly pelagic species, such as anchovy, sardines, tuna, bonito, mackerel, sorel […]
A day aboard the Maireta IV
Nil de Paz, a photographer and visual creator from Badalona, works somewhere between photographic documentary and cinematographic fiction. In his project on the Maireta IV, a trawler from Barceloneta, he explores a day’s fishing under the premise of discovering where the fish that reaches the table comes from and what it means to preserve this […]
Western Mediterranean trawling threatened with extinction
Chronology of a conflict December 2 Publication of the European Commission’s proposal for the regulation of fishing in 2025. A regulation that would mean the virtual disappearance of the trawling method in the Western Mediterranean, because it proposes a 79% reduction in fishing days. This means that fishing can only be carried out on 27 days […]
Gender Equality in the Primary Sector
Aware of the importance of continuous training in the sector, the Fishermen’s Guild has organised a training course on Gender Equality in the Marine Sector on 21 and 28 September. This is a subsidised classroom training course, given by the Iveaempa training centre. The initiative comes from the GALP Central Coast, EMC (Maritime Strategy of […]
The only stronghold of the active primary sector in the city of Barcelona
The Cofradia occupies the area of the Port of Barcelona where the fishermen are. It has been located in the Moll del Rellotge since the mid-18th century. At present, the Barcelona Fishermen’s Guild has 22 boats and some 220 workers. The fleet is divided into 3 types: – 11 spider-web or hoop boats, which fish […]
Sardine popular
Notable public attendance at the Popular Sardine organized by the Brotherhood on Saturday June 8. At the event, sardines and drinks were distributed free of charge to those who were present. The Sardine annual event is already a classic event that symbolizes the gratitude and identification of the fishing community with their neighborhood: La Barceloneta.
Virgin of Carmen, patron saint of fishermen
July 16 is the day of the Virgin of Carmen, patron saint of fishermen, the Star of the Seas who takes care of sailors on the high seas and guides them to port. Every year, on July 20 the Barceloneta Fishermen’s Guild celebrates the festival of the Virgin of Carmen, the patron saint of seafarers.The […]
The Fishermen’s Guild of Barcelona inaugurates a new fish market
These are modern, spacious facilities designed to improve the work of the professionals who work there. As a novelty, the new fish market allows access to the public so that they can learn about and appreciate the work of the fishing sector There are a total of 3,233m 2 of facilities, with state-of-the-art equipment, with […]
More than 40 years as a net-maker
Eliseo Vicente Albiol, «Lise» (1965) Avi Tonet´s Apprentice. Eliseo Vicente Albiol, «Lise» (1965), a native of Barceloneta, grandson of Avi Tonet who taught him to mend the nets of the family boat, the Maireta II, when he was 16 years old. This is how he earned «the first pesetas for my expenses» while learning the […]
Fishing is a totally sustainable economic activity. It is our way of life
The fisherman’s job is not to go out and catch as many fish as possible. The fisherman is the first person interested in implementing actions aimed at ensuring that marine resources prevail and regenerate. For this reason, fishermen in Barcelona apply three sustainable criteria when fishing: Economical sustainability: the activity is administratively regulated, and a […]
The only fishermen’s quarter
Barcelona Fishing Guild is the last bastion of the primary sector still active in the city. Located since the Eighteen Century in the Moll del Rellotge – the Clock Tower Port –, the fishermen leave every day with their boats, and they come back with their fishing to be sold at the fish auction. Currently […]