Aveiro - Seaweed-fishers
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An unusual harvest is gathered by the moliceiros of Aveiro, the seaweed-fishers with their characteristic boats, the barcos moliceiros; they fish up seaweed (moliço), used as a natural fertiliser, from the Ria de Aveiro.
The moliceiros sail their wooden boats, with naïve pictures painted in bright colors on the high prow and stern, through the many branches of the estuary, gathering the seaweed with large rakes.
The moliceiros sail their wooden boats, with naïve pictures painted in bright colors on the high prow and stern, through the many branches of the estuary, gathering the seaweed with large rakes.
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In recent times the number of boats has fallen from its original total of over a thousand to about thirty. The once busy and profitable trade of seaweed-gathering is now gradually dying out because of the increasing use of artificial fertilisers.
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