„Šuri“-fishing net floats
Cork oak Latin name: quercus suber The cork oak is native to the west Mediterranean and is the most widspeard in Portugal and souther Spain. There are ten such speciments on the Dalmatian islands and southern Istria. Its fruit is the acorn. Cork The bark of the cork oak yelds connerdial cork. The first […]
Cork oak
Latin name: quercus suber
The cork oak is native to the west Mediterranean and is the most widspeard in Portugal and souther Spain. There are ten such speciments on the Dalmatian islands and southern Istria. Its fruit is the acorn.
Cork
The bark of the cork oak yelds connerdial cork. The first bark is stripped after 25 years of growthand because of rougness it is ground and used for the production of sheets of cork. The tree’s bark can be narvested every 6 years and this material is used for making bottle stoppers and other cork items. Owing to its impermeability, cork is very light material and it floats.
„Šuri“-fishing net floats
According to Gianni Toffetti „šuri“ –fishing net floats were made from cork in different sizes and mostly ring-like. In Fažana they were once made by hand by hollowing and snaping a piece of cork that was stripped from the tree in the surroundings of pula and galižana. In order to shape the „šur“, it was inplated and set on five for a short time to becom smooth. The productions was completed after removing the burn black parts with brush.
📚Related in This Topic
Things that fishermen know
Fisherman’s festival, presentation of traditional fishing equipment and announcing the best salted pilchard of the School of salting pilchard.
Magic of a small fishing town
Famed for its crystal-clear sea the Fažana Channel connects Fažana and Brijuni. Here on the terra firma the fishing tradition was mentioned as early as the Middle Ages and has remained a well-known theme up to the present day. Fishing boats, dinghies and batane rocking gently along the two wharfs in Fažana; boats leaving port \[…\]
Pilchard road
Freshly caught, still hot, taken right off the grill, pilchard in Fažana is the fish with a special taste and smell of the Adriatic Sea. As the finest breakfast, main meal, any meal at all… Pilchard is included in nearly every catering offer of Fažana and Valbandon. Along the Pilchard road, which you can easily \[…\]
Shipbuilding in Fažana
The batana, a traditional wooden vessel characterized by a flat bottom and shallow draft, rarely exceeding 5 meters in length, has long been indispensable to the fishermen of Fažana. With a significant number of fishing boats in Fažana, the craft of construction and repair has flourished alongside. At the beginning of the 20th century, Fažana \[…\]
Sea on table
Street food festival
Workshops
This year the Tourist Association of Fažana organizes free courses of the Small fishing academy “Pilchard” every Wednesday at Fažana’s waterfront. We invite you to sign up for courses, learn old fishing skills, receive a diploma and become a member of the Small fishing academy “Pilchard”. Fažana’s waterfront – Every Wednesday 1/7 -31/7 \[…\]
+4 more items