Take part in the restoration of the Saint-Clément-des-Baleines fish lock!
A unique piece of historical heritage, this ancestral fishing technique involves trapping fish in a horseshoe-shaped dry stone structure. These ‘meadows of the sea’, surrounded by a curvilinear drystone wall, are flooded at high tide and trap the fish at low tide. The fish are locked in when the sea retreats and all the fishermen have to do is catch them.
The last remaining lock at Saint-Clément-des-Baleines, ‘La Moufette’ or ‘Moufflet’, is located between the coast and the Baleineaux lighthouse. It required many hours of repair work by volunteers after the storm of 1999.
Today, we're inviting you to take part in its restoration and upkeep as part of a community project.