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Seaweed-fishers Description
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. When the shallow vessels have a full load the "crop" is landed or loaded into ox-carts in the shallows. The boats are up to 15m/50ft long and 2-2.2m/6-1/2-7ft wide. If there is sufficient wind a trapezoid sail is hoisted; otherwise the boats are propelled by long poles or towed along narrow channels by long cables
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