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Photoblog: Becoming Bokkoms.

October 2, 2013 By Lauren M Leave a Comment

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Just two hours from Cape Town is one of the oldest fishing villages along South Africa’s West Coast. With it’s bright, wild flowers which bloom in Spring, white-washed cottages with blue shutters and a long beach, it’s one of the prettiest places along the coast and still maintains it’s raw, seaside charm.

Fishing in Paternoster

It is a well-known for its crayfish, mussels, fish and abalone, but particularly for the West Coast delicacy called Bokkoms. Bokkoms is dried, salted Southern Mullet known locally as ‘harders’. Luckily I was able to capture a group of fishermen who had just reeled in their catch of the day- harders ready to be transformed into Bokkoms or used as bait.

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The fishing boats of locals moored on the beachfront on a sunny day.

Fishing in Paternoster
On a beach further down, this boat has brought in quite a large catch.

Fishing in Paternoster
Fishermen gather fish that rolled out of the nets.

Fishing in Paternoster

Fishing in Paternoster
Catch of the day loaded in a Land Rover.

Fishing in Paternoster
Some are still alive…

Fishing in Paternoster
others are sandy.

Fishing in Paternoster
First they are scraped out of the van into containers…

Fishing in Paternoster

Fishing in Paternoster
carried to the scale,

Fishing in Paternoster
weighed and sold.

Fishing in Paternoster
Some are full of loose scales,

Fishing in Paternoster
others are bloody.

Fishing in Paternoster.
But almost all end up being dried, salted…

Fishing in Paternoster.
and becoming bokkoms for sale.

Filed Under: Africa, Capture Tagged With: africa, bokkoms, fishing, harders, paternoster, south africa, west coast, western cape

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