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Coracle Fishing – How dwindling fish stocks and new regulations are killing off the ancient tradition

September 2, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/02/the-last-coracle-fishers-dwindling-fish-stocks-regulations For generations, coracles have been used to fish for salmon and sea trout – known locally as sewin – on three Welsh rivers: the Teifi, Tywi and Taf. Light, nimble and manoeuvrable, each boat is made by hand, using a fabric skin stretched across a lathed wooden frame (although on the Tywi, the skin … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, the Anthropocene Tagged: barriers to migration, coracle, coracle fishing, disease, Fish, fishing, habitat loss, pollution, salmon, sea trout, Taf, Teifi, Tywi, water quality, Welsh, Welsh rivers

Spain bans small boats from stretch of water after orca encounters

August 8, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In today’s Guardian, an article about the recent spate of encounters between small sail boats and Orca’s off the coast of Spain.

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Science, Sea Stories, the Anthropocene Tagged: Cape Trafalgar, cetaceans, ferries, fishing, Galicia, Gibraltar, Orca, sailboats, Spain, whale watching

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