The site is the area of fishermen village, Sancti petri.
The chosen site has once be a lively domestic area with full of accommodation
that supports fishermen’s life as a fishery community. In the past, this area
once ruled by military and then forced all habitants out. Most of the buildings
were demolished then the village became fully abandoned.
Fisherman Village Historical Timeline
However, several years ago the municipal pressured the military to restore the usage of this village back again. The area was recreated by gradually adding some new functions, for example yatch club, water sport area, while also recover fishing uses that cause some buildings be used once again.
Besides, as fishery area, it was once well known as tuna
fishing village. Due to the route of tuna immigration which pass along this
peninsular, fishermen who lived in this area will spend 6 months for tuna
fishing in the immigrating season with Aldramaba process. Aldramaba is an ancient fishing technique for tuna
fishing. It’s a huge net labyrinth sinking under the water as a trap waiting
for tuna getting inside last chamber. The process is mostly spent time on
assembling and disassembling the net structure. The fishing structure is kept
in the water for 6 months of the year, of which only two months are used to
catch the tuna, coinciding with the migration period of the bluefin tuna from
the cold Atlantic Ocean waters to the warmer waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
In this period of time, 40-50 fishermen are hired as a team of fishing.
Type of Fishing in Spain
Almadraba Fishing