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Map Your Heritage campaign and prize draw! Help to create Europe’s largest coastal and maritime cultural heritage map and be in with a chance to win an iPad! On Monday 6th September, PERICLES launched a coastal and maritime cultural heritage mapping campaign! Tell us where important coastal and maritime cultural heritage is located near you […]

MARE Policy Day 2021: Coastal & Maritime Cultural Heritage PERICLES are excited to announce the program for MARE Policy Day, an online policy event in connection with MARE Conference. We have been working with the FisherCoast project and SOAS to produce an varied and interesting day about policy integration and maritime cultural heritage- for more […]

MARE Policy Day 2021: Coastal & Maritime Cultural Heritage PERICLES are excited to announce the program for MARE Policy Day, an online policy event in connection with MARE Conference. We have been working with the FisherCoast project and SOAS to produce an varied and interesting day about policy integration and maritime cultural heritage- for more […]

Press Release – Fishing for Recipes Awards Ceremony. A competition that safeguards the Maltese product and educates beyond the traditional catch. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Animal Rights Anton Refalo together with Minister for Education Justyne Caruana in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture last year have teamed up and launched the […]

Cristina Pita interviewed by TSF’s “Encontros com o Património” program Last March 28th, the program “Encontros com o Património” (Meetings with Heritage) focused on the research projects that the University of Aveiro has been developing in the area of heritage conservation, with goals of sustainable development, responsible tourism and preservation of tangible and intangible heritage. […]

A fascinating 1943 film from Vistonis Lagoon, NE Aegean! In 1943 the region of Eastern Mediterranean and Thrace in Greece were under Bulgarian occupation.  The Bulgarian administration explored the economic potential of the natural resources in this area.  This film was produced in this context and is shows in quite a vivid manner the rich fisheries of […]

More views from the Aegean: fishing cultural heritage and identity Two new short videos from NE Greece are now available.  They explore the essence of fishing identity. A fishmonger from Kavala, who descents from many generations of fishers, and a small-scale coastal fisherman from Thassos Island talked about their heritage and the “soul” of the […]

PERICLES planning International virtual seminar on Coastal & Maritime Cultural Heritage In collaboration with the MARE People and the Sea conference, PERICLES partners are planning the program for the conference’s kickoff event, MARE Policy Day. For this year’s bi-annual event, PERICLES and other projects and researchers working on Coastal & Maritime Cultural Heritage (CMCH) will […]

“Fish Stories” from NE Aegean in Greece Certain fish have a special significance to people and this goes beyond the economic or culinary. The “Fish Stories” from NE Aegean in Greece explore the way sharks, grey mullets and eels have been embedded in the culture of coastal communities in Greece becoming part of their cultural […]

The natural and cultural heritage on board the moliceiro – capacity building course On January 19 the University of Aveiro carried out a capacity building course on Aveiro natural and cultural heritage bringing together 35 traditional boat operators. The aim of the course was to build capacity and provide material on natural and cultural heritage […]