Public access point to offload Pelillo ( Gracilaria chilensis ) from dinghies and flotillas, Castro, Chiloé Island, Chile
Luga Roja drying in the sun on the beach, Playa Chauman, Ancud, Chiloé Island, Chile At Playa Chauman I met a family of seaweed collectors who harvest each morning at the public beach. When the tide begins to return, the mother and her two older children passively collect Luga Roja ( Sarcothalia crispata ) in the small, protected cove at the end of the beach. They use plastic woven sacks, a material that can be seen everywhere around the island, recycled from various other uses to hold their harvest. The bags are light, permeable and can hold roughly 25 kilos of wet seaweed. Once filled, they are carried from the shore up the beach to the warm sand where the seaweed is laid out to dry under the sun. After drying, the seaweed is loaded back into the bags and are transported to market and sold. When the bags start to break down, they are used at home until they deteriorate completely. Here, the rhythm of the sea and the bodies’ ability to carry are in constant conversation In the small town of Pupelde on Chiloé Island, wooden stakes are spaced out along the beach — a passive, tidal collection system to capture Pelillo ( Gracilaria chilensis ), a common seaweed harvested in the estuaries of southern Chile.
all images Brittany Giunchigliani
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