{"id":9802,"date":"2014-06-21T02:09:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T02:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eco123.info\/?p=9802"},"modified":"2014-06-21T02:09:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T02:09:50","slug":"a-life-with-the-sea-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eco123.info\/en\/portugal-en\/a-life-with-the-sea-on-the-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"A life with the sea on the horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Mestre de terra\u2019 * <strong>Joaquim Carneiro<\/strong> welcomed <strong>ECO123<\/strong> to the warehouse where he practises his profession at the premises of Docapesca (1) by the river Arade and close to the town of Parchal (municipality of Lagoa). Nearly 84, master Joaquim still works every day, seated among kilometres of fishing nets which he mends with enviable skill and vigour. His discourse is frequently inflamed with the passion of those who still argue for what they believe in and who believe in a better future. Such as when he defends the indispensable practice of the closed season to protect species, or when he criticises the fact that the region has turned to tourism as its main activity, accompanied by the destruction of the fishing fleet and the canning industry. But sometimes, he also shows a serenity which his age allows him in the face of a future in which people like the \u2018mestres de terra\u2019 could disappear. Even then, he says with a sad smile, \u201cthe work will not stop. No one is irreplaceable, the world won\u2019t stop\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ECO123: When did you start to learn your profession?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Joaquim Carneiro<\/strong>: In 1942, when I was twelve or thirteen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nowadays, what does the profession of \u2018mestre de terra\u2019 involve?<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9796\" src=\"http:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9022-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Joaquim Carneiro\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9022-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9022-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9022-55x55.jpg 55w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>An encircling net is made up of different sections of net. These are joined one to the other, mesh by mesh, with what we call the \u2018porfios\u2019 (derived from a word meaning \u2018to sew\u2019). This net has a circumference of about 800 metres. Then we fit out the net, which consists of attaching the floats which stay on top of the water and the weights at the bottom. And you have to know how to do this because the net has a specific width but the ends have to be shorter in order to form a pocket. And so you have to give the net some slack.<br \/>\nSo the work of the \u2018mestre de terra\u2019 is not just about knowing how to mend nets, you have to know the details of fitting it out \u2013 that\u2019s the main thing.<br \/>\nAnd even when mending the net, you have to match the pattern: the net is cut, there are thousands of strands forming the mesh and you have to know how the ends fit together correctly. You have to know this too, how to keep the pattern of the net.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there anyone learning this profession?<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom the time when I learnt my trade, only I and one other \u2018mestre de terra\u2019 are left, master Ant\u00f3nio in Alvor. And in the past there were 70 or 80 of us in Portim\u00e3o. Fishing has diminished to such an extent that there are no possibilities at all for young people to get involved. There is no point in learning how to do this, there\u2019s no future for young people in this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will happen when you retire?<\/strong><br \/>\nOnce I was repairing the net when master Joaquim from Arrifana arrived, also the owner of a trawler, who said: \u201cOh, master Joaquim, people don\u2019t repair nets any more, man! You sew it together and when that doesn\u2019t work you get a new one.\u201d When a master and boat owner says that, you can see what things are like? It depends on the economic possibilities of each company. What I do here is make use of the net that is in the best condition. What is no good gets thrown out. Sometimes there are bits in better condition and we use them for mending. In other cases, for people who can afford it, they get new ones.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow  alignleft\" style=\"width:90%\"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n(1) \u2018Mestre de terra\u2019 is a Portuguese expression meaning literally \u2018master of the land\u2019 \u2013 he is responsbile for maintaining and repairing the fishing nets.<br \/>\n<a title=\"docapesca portim\u00e3o\" href=\"http:\/\/(1)%20www.docapesca.pt\/pt\/rede-de-lotas\/lotas\/ item\/portimao.html\" target=\"_blank\">(2) www.docapesca.pt\/pt\/rede-de-lotas\/lotas\/ item\/portimao.html<br \/>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Mestre de terra\u2019 * Joaquim Carneiro welcomed ECO123 to the warehouse where he practises his profession at the premises of Docapesca (1) by the river Arade and close to the town of Parchal (municipality of Lagoa). Nearly 84, master Joaquim still works every day, seated among kilometres of fishing nets which he mends with enviable &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[632,173],"tags":[635,636,498],"class_list":["post-9802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-arts-and-crafts","category-portugal-en","tag-fishing","tag-fishing-nets","tag-tradition","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A life with the sea on the horizon - Eco123<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/en\/portugal-en\/a-life-with-the-sea-on-the-horizon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A life with the sea on the horizon - Eco123\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u2018Mestre de terra\u2019 * Joaquim Carneiro welcomed ECO123 to the warehouse where he practises his profession at the premises of Docapesca (1) by the river Arade and close to the town of Parchal (municipality of Lagoa). 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