Piccola Pesca di Porto Cesareo
Porto Cesareo Small-Scale Fishing
The protected area runs over more than 16,000 hectares along 32 kilometres of coast, taking in Porto Cesareo and Nardò and reaching west into the Gulf of Taranto. Some 250 small artisanal boats work out of Porto Cesareo, which matters to the local economy; the Salento fills with visitors every year and the fishermen have stayed with the fishing.
Designation
- Certification
- Slow Food Presidium
- Category
- Fresh fish, molluscs and crustaceans
Where it is made
the Porto Cesareo marine protected area, Lecce province
How it is made
The gear changes with the target through the year. Mullet, wrasse, octopus, John Dory and shrimp are the characteristic catch, and the making of quatara, the town's fish soup.