he Association for the Defence of the Ile de Ré Fish Locks (ADEPIR) was born from the will of a few islanders of the Ile de Ré, passionate about an original maritime heritage: the fish locks or stone fisheries.
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Very numerous in the Middle Ages on the French rocky coasts, there were still 140 of them in 1900 on the Ile de Ré. In 1982 there were only 13 active fisheries...
The Groupement d'Études Rétaises, in its famous Cahiers de La Mémoire, gave a perfect account of what a fish lock was, how it was built and how it was fished, as well as recalling the daily life of the fishermen of the Ile de Ré in the 18th century, with a special focus on these fish traps built of dry stones assembled and...
The Groupement d'Études Rétaises, in its famous Cahiers de La Mémoire, gave a perfect account of what a fish lock was, how it was built and how it was fished, as well as recalling the daily life of the fishermen of the Ile de Ré in the 18th century, with a special focus on these fish traps built of dry stones assembled and...
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