Around the new Sa Perdixedda marina, behind the fish market and the luxury of the new docks for the docking of imposing cruise ships, even Sunday is a working day.
The numbers no longer tell the story of the glories of the past, when the fishing boats that crowded Via Roma surrounded the Tirrenia ferries: now of that fleet of 220 fishing boats, also scattered between Marina Piccola and Sant'Elmo, there remain about fifty or a little more, but still enough to supply the fish market and the various local civic markets with fresh fish every day.
"We come here every week to see our trusted fishermen," say two retirees who have been stocking up directly at the dock for some time now. "After years, we've made friends, and they know our tastes."
Around 200 fishermen work in the new marina: many are small-scale fishermen who operate within three miles of the harbor, while fleets of large vessels can remain at sea for several days. "We were born on boats," says Emanuele Rais, 53, "the work has always been hard, but at least there was fish to catch. Now there's almost nothing left: so it's become a war, with many fishing for products that shouldn't be caught ."
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