CMAT – Costa da Morte Asociación de Turismo will promote collaboration between schools and the various stakeholders linked to small-scale fishing in order to carry out the project “Cartografía do mar: patrimonio, produto local e pesca artesanal na Costa da Morte” (Mapping the Sea: heritage, local produce and small-scale fishing in Costa da Morte). The initiative starts from a basic idea: to know and value seafood, you also need to get closer to the people, places and trades that make fishing possible.
To that end, the association will make contact with the schools, fish auction halls, fishers’ guilds, markets and fishmongers in the project area, made up of the municipalities of Dumbría, Cee, Corcubión, Fisterra and Carnota. The aim is to make coordination between the different stakeholders easier, encourage networking and secure their involvement in the educational and outreach actions that will take place throughout the project.
One of the main lines of collaboration will be the creation and subsequent roll-out of a digital teaching unit for the first cycle of primary education. Through this resource, pupils will be able to discover local fishing resources, traditional fishing gear, the seasonality of species and the importance of sustainable fishing and responsible consumption. The participation and knowledge of people working in the sector will help bring this content closer to the everyday life of coastal communities.
The joint work will also continue through a programme of guided visits to fish auction halls, markets and places related to seafaring trades. These activities will show how the marketing chain for fishing products works, reveal the different jobs linked to the sector and explain how important small-scale fishing is to the economy and identity of the area.
Fish auction halls, markets and fishmongers will also be key partners in the campaign to promote the consumption of local seafood. This collaboration will seek to give visibility to the diversity of fishing resources, their seasonality, their characteristics and their gastronomic and nutritional value, encouraging more mindful consumption habits.
CMAT is thus committed to an initiative built from within the area itself, in which collaboration between education and the fishing sector passes on to younger generations the value of marine resources and strengthens social recognition of the people who work at sea.
This project is promoted by CMAT – Costa da Morte Asociación de Turismo, “Cartografía do mar: 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 Seo de Fisterra Ría de Muros Noia Costa Sostible.
