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Galicia Professional Association of Redeiras de Cariño. Source: Galician Federation of Redeiras Artesás O Peirao Machines and technology have managed to replace many old professions and have destroyed many jobs. But there is at least one profession in Spain that machines have not yet been able to replace the dedicated and skillful hand of the Galician redeiras . It's not that they haven't tried. Of course they do, they just haven't gotten around to it yet. Verónica Veres Tasende, president of O Peirao , the Galician Federation of Redeiras Artesás , tells us that a few years ago they tried to bring the work of the redeiras to Indonesia. "They tried some glues that apparently worked in the Pacific at first, but the truth is that almost all the rigging we make is for the Atlantic.
The Atlantic Ocean is very strong and does not allow any type of glue. There was also a Galician factory that bought a rigging making machine but had to return to the services of the redeiras after a few months. As Verónica explains to us in a telephone interview with EscapadaRural , the machine does the rigging right the first time, but when it needs to Cell Phone Number List be fixed, it does not allow it. Then, you have to buy all the raw materials again and start from scratch. “It is artisanal work and like all artisanal work it is difficult to do it with a machine,” she concludes. Redeiras de Galicia Professional Association of Redeiras de Cariño. Source: Galician Federation of Redeiras Artesás O Peirao But what do redeiras do exactly? In short, their job is to repair fishing nets that, for various reasons, break at sea.
The nets break daily either due to snagging on stones, the weight of the fishing itself, handling or even breaks caused by dolphins and other fish when they try to access the catches in the net to eat. They are also responsible for uniting the different segments to form a network. The nets are not manufactured to form large surfaces, but come from the factory in small pieces that must be joined together to achieve the necessary dimension. Redeiras de Galicia Redeiras O Cerco Association of Cangas do Morrazo. Source: Galician Federation of Redeiras Artesás O Peirao So the redeiras continue to be very important for the fishing sector, but today in Galicia there are only 375 professionals left, of which 90% are women, with an average age of 54 years, according to a pioneering report that has been presented in . The objective was to know the socio-labor situation of the redeiras in the community and move forward with measures to dignify and make the profession more attractive.