Fishermen and their catch

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A lot of people still have fishing as a living on the islands. More and more combine fishing and tourism. In the summer fishing is strictly regulated. I’ve been so lucky to have been taken on a fishing trip summer of 97. Yannis (the owner of Aegeo Inn) and his brother had 2 kilometres of fishing net that they hoped to get up to 10 kg of fish in during the night.

 
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Yannis (facing the camera) and his brother busy getting the nets out into the sea.

 
 

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This are the two most wanted creatures in the catch, and a large octopussy. These where the ones they got the best price for.

 
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This is the fish "market" an early morning on Antiparos.

 
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This is the catch of the day for a fisherman who had quit fishing and now used his boat to ship tourists back and forth to Lalaria in Skiathos.

 
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Fishing nets are often in strong colours, the most usual one is probably yellow.

 
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Fishing with net right outside Antiparos in the sunset.
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© Jan Bergtun, 2. October 1999 Updated, 12.20.2007
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