BEACH SEINERS IN BOKA KOTORSKA BAY - TRADITION AND CULTURE ALIVE

In the Boka Kotorska Bay, small pelagic fish, sardines and anchovies are traditionally caught almost exclusively with coastal beach seiners with the use of artificial light in the coastal area. This type of fishing has a centuries-old tradition in the Boka Kotorska Bay. The first data on sardine catch can be found in the Archive of the City of Kotor and date back to 1331. The place on the coast where the net is pulled out after the flock has been caught is called a fishing post. It is a part of the coast, about 150 meters long, with a gravelly or sandy bottom, which is not fenced off, where there is no pontoon or pier, so a place where the net with the catch can be unhindered on the coast. In the Bay of Kotor there were about 200 such posts in some past times. Now there are 106 of them.