Images of the weir "V" #fishtraps at Hauteville-sur-Mer, France

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Eye of the weir "V" #fishtraps at Hauteville-sur-Mer, France

Image of a large "V" #fishweir at Hauteville-sur-Mer, it is the fishery, an age-old wooden fishing structure. #Hauteville-sur-Mer is a commune in the #Manche department in #Normandy in north-western #France. 1/5
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We often wonder how others before us made sense of these tidepools. What stories did they tell to explain a limpet’s grip, a sculpin’s stillness, or an anemone’s sting? Awe stretches backward through time, uniting all who paused to look.
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Drawing of stone & wooden #fishweirs from the coast of #France from Diderot "Encyclopédie , 1751–65.

Drawing of stone & wooden #fishweirs from the coast of #France from Diderot "Encyclopédie , 1751–65. Stationery stone wall #fishweir located on the mouth of small embayment's with 3 eyes woven wicker nets to gather the catch. 1/6 #coastalhistory #oceanpast