The season of small scallops.

 

 

 

 

The fishermen of Cambados and Rianxo in the arosa bay, who participated the 5 November in the start  of the “bou de vara” campaign, showed their satisfaction with the volume and quality of captures.

 

 

 

 

The small scallop is a shell fish which lives on the bays seabed bellow 10 meters depth. The “bou de vara” is the traditional art used for the fleet of this fishing villages for the capture of this species. The fishing boats are of small with two or tree members on board. Although the season last all winter, the best examples are found during the first days and this is the reason for our production is processed  before Christmas.

 

 

 

 

The shellfish in the picture, was bought at the auction in Rianxo on the 14 November 2007. It was kept alive all night in seawater to clean and was cooked on the following day with an onion sauce. This manufactured lot was given number 318 and can be identified by the inscription number 308 ZOPL L 3180.