Photo albums

Apulia

Life in the field

A fishing trip with fishermen friends from Santa Caterina

On a trammel boat at sea

Transcribing interview data with the company of a beer

A presentation on dolphins at the Porto Cesareo headquarters of the Lega Navale Italiana

Waiting for the wind to stop

The beautiful countryside of Salento in its spring bloom

Views of Gallipoli

Porto Cesareo as seen from the sea

Near Porto Cesareo, after the rain

The sea looks perfect for an early morning survey

An educational trip with children

The watchtower of Sant'Isidoro

A dog and two boats in Sant'Isidoro

Dolphins make a popular subject on local boats

Other stories

The marine biology museum of Porto Cesareo features a basking shark captured
by local fishermen and displays models of local fish fauna

A tuna trap ("tonnara") used to exist in the area, but has long been dismissed
owing to the decline of large tuna - as happened to other such traps in the Mediterranean

Marine monsters such as the white shark and billfish photographed above are memories of the past, marine megafauna having declined dramatically over the past decades

A plentiful catch in Porto Cesareo, as shown in a vintage photo on display at the local "Pro Loco"

A juvenile common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus, displayed at the marine biology
museum of Porto Cesareo (and wrongly labelled Delphinus delphis)

A bottlenose dolphin calf exposed by a fishmonger at his shop in Porto Cesareo carries signs of bycatch, possibly in driftnet gear