Traditional fishing in Galicia
Ongoing
Retired fishermen sail at dawn in the Vigo estuary, northwestern Spain, August 2024.
Clara Muñiz, an apprentice net mender, works on repairing a purse seine net at the port of Aguiño, in Ribeira, northwestern Spain, March 2025.
Net menders at the port of A Guarda work together repairing fishing nets, northwestern Spain, May 2025.
Roberto Gallego, a fisherman from Baiona, during an octopus fishing trip in the Vigo estuary, northwestern Spain, August 2024.
Rosa Amado, a net mender from Porto do Son, repairs a net for small-scale fishing vessels in northwestern Spain, March 2025.
Bundles of ropes stored at the net menders’ workshop in A Guarda, northwestern Spain, May 2025.
Roberto Gallego and his brother Manuel fish together aboard their boat ‘Novo Elias’, northwestern Spain, August 2024.
Workshop where net menders work at the port of Ribeira, northwestern Spain, March 2025.
Seagulls inside the Vigo estuary at dawn, northwestern Spain, August 2024.
Traps aboard a fishing boat in the Vigo estuary, northwestern Spain, August 2024.
Net menders at the port of A Guarda at work, northwestern Spain, May 2025.
The fishing town of A Guarda, historically and traditionally a fishing community, lit by shifting light during a storm, in southwestern Galicia, northwestern Spain, May 2025.
Manuel Gallego hauls a trap aboard the boat ‘Novo Elias’ in Baiona, northwestern Spain, August 2024.
Fishing nets piled on the ground at the port of Portosín, northwestern Spain, March 2025.
A net mender at the port of Aguiño works with large nets, northwestern Spain, March 2025.