Discover the second part of the meeting between Caroline Rubens and fishermen from Tarifa in Spain.

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In Tarifa, in the South of Spain, people fish bream. Small fishermen boats go out at night in the Gibraltar waters to throw into the water stones on which they tighten fishing lines with hooks. This is the traditional way of fishing.

The  fishermen from Tarifa go to the Strait of Gibraltar because the sea bream is firmer and more muscular, because of the strong currents. To stand out from its Spanish and Moroccan competitors fishing a bream that does not have the same quality (less firm or less fresh), the COFRADÍA from Tarifa has decided to create a label that allows fishermen to sell their fish at a higher price. Selling a more expensive fish allows them to fish less, to comply with the renewal of the banks and to keep their traditional way of fishing.

Fishermen from Tarifa claim a fishery which ensures that their children (who will probably be fishermen in turn later) will still have fish to catch.

Caroline Rubens met Ken Kawahara, the manager of the small scale fisheries platform created in 2013 in France. This platform wishes to promote the small scale fisheries sector and defends the right for a small scale fisherman to receive a fair revenue from his work, especially as the fish he provides is actually a high quality fish. The ambition is to create a national label for small scale fisheries products. Watch the movie

In September 2015, Bertrand Le Gallic, coordinator of SUCCESS, and Caroline Rubens, film director, went to Germany for a study trip to visit carp fish farms. They met with Stefan Hoffer, a local producer of carps very concerned with sustainability and technological innovations. Learn more and watch the movie.

In May 2016, Caroline Rubens met with Salvatore and his son Natale Amoroso, two proud fishermen from Trapani. While the father dedicated his life to fishing on his boat, his son decided to innovate, open a restaurant of local fish and create a cooperative of fishermen from Trapani. His idea is to organize and modernize the practices, while preserving the resources.

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Between March and May 2016, Caroline Rubens travelled through Italy and met with local fishermen from Chioggia, who founded a cooperative to regulate and monitor the fishing of fasolari in their area according to the local demand.

The results of this organization proved very efficient and contributed to revitalise a sector that was suffering from the economical crisis. Learn more and watch the movie

Caroline Rubens met with two founders of the Hatala company in Finland. This company went from a small family business to an international company which combines traditional values with modern technology to produce and sell a wide selection of salmon-based products from Finland and Norway. Learn more and watch the movie

Discover the story shot by Caroline Rubens in Poland about Jan Krysztof Raftowicz, fishfarmer in the Barycz Valley. Learn more and watch the movie