CMAT – Costa da Morte Asociación de Turismo will develop a digital, interactive teaching unit for pupils in the 5th and 6th years of primary school at schools across Costa da Morte. The initiative is part of the project “Trazando a Costa: patrimonio, produto local e pesca artesanal na Costa da Morte” (Tracing the Coast: heritage, local produce and small-scale fishing in Costa da Morte), which seeks to bring the reality of the small-scale fishing sector closer to younger generations and to help preserve and share the area’s maritime heritage.
The unit will be tailored to the pupils’ level and will cover different aspects of fishing in the area. Its contents will include the main species among local fishing resources, sustainable fishing gear, the blue economy and product traceability, helping pupils better understand where the food on our tables comes from and the work behind it.
The unit is designed as an interactive digital resource combining audiovisual materials, illustrations, photographs, useful links and educational games. Through these tools, pupils will be able to discover the marine resources of Costa da Morte in a hands-on way, strengthening what they know about small-scale fishing and the importance of an activity that coastal communities have carried out throughout their history.
The material will be available as an outreach resource on the CMAT website. With this action, CMAT aims to bring seafaring culture into the area’s educational resources, help young people get to know the fishing sector and contribute to recognising the social, economic and environmental value of small-scale fishing.
This project is promoted by CMAT – Costa da Morte Asociación de Turismo, “Trazando a Costa: patrimonio, produto local e pesca artesanal na Costa da Morte”, and funded by the Consellería do Mar (Galician Regional Ministry for the Sea) and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), through the grants managed by GALP Costa da Morte.
