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  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market displays its fresh products with Country of Origin Labels (COOL). The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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    Fish_015.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. A Country of Origin Label (COOL) for swordfish is here on display at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market. The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_003.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Country of Origin Labels (COOL) are here on display at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market. The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_019.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Country of Origin Labels (COOL) are here on display at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market. The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_018.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Steve Schafel, director of retail operations, is here at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market, which displays its fresh products with Country of Origin Labels (COOL). The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_017.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Country of Origin Labels (COOL) are here on display at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market. The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_016.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers are here at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market, which displays its fresh products with Country of Origin Labels (COOL). The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_012.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Country of Origin Labels (COOL) are here on display at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market. The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_009.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers are here at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market, which displays its fresh products with Country of Origin Labels (COOL). The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_007.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. A customer is here at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market, which displays its fresh products with Country of Origin Labels (COOL). The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_006.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Country of Origin Labels (COOL) are here on display at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market. The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_005.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Country of Origin Labels (COOL) are here on display at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market. The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_001.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Country of Origin Labels (COOL) are here on display at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market. The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_014.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market displays its fresh products with Country of Origin Labels (COOL). The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_013.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers are here at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market, which displays its fresh products with Country of Origin Labels (COOL). The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_011.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Country of Origin Labels (COOL) are here on display at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market. The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_010.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Country of Origin Labels (COOL) are here on display at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market. The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_008.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY.  Steve Schafel, director of retail operations, serves a customer at The Wild Edibles. The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market displays its fresh products with Country of Origin Labels (COOL). The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_004.jpg
  • 2 October, 2008. New York, NY. Country of Origin Labels (COOL) are here on display at The Wild Edibles fish stand at the Grand Central Market. The signs and symbols on the labels also indicate the sustainability of the seafood. Wild Edibles came up with the idea 2 years ago and implemented it last year, though the COOL is not mandatory for them, since the total amount of their invoicing does not require it. "We do it because this way people are more aware of where the food they purchase comes from", says Steve Schafel, director of retail operations. "We do it as a service for our customers".<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Fish_002.jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Visitors untangle fish from the net on the "Sirena", Paolo's fishing boat in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: A bucket of fish caught by fisherman Paolo Fanciulli is seen here on the "Sirena", his fishing boat, in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: (L-R) Sandra Galvis, a former Greenpeace activist and Paolo Fanciulli's fourth wife, together with their assistant Nader, are helped by visitors untangle fish from the net on the "Sirena", Paolo's fishing boat in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: The fishing net used by fisherman Paolo Fanciulli is seen here on the "Sirena", his fishing boat in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: A louvar caught by fisherman Paolo Fanciulli is seen here on the "Sirena", his fishing boat, in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: (L-R) Sandra Galvis, a former Greenpeace activist and Paolo Fanciulli's fourth wife, is seen here together their assistant Nader on Paolo's fishing boat "Sirena" as they sail back to the harbour in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) throws fishing nets from his "Sirena" boat as visitors watch him work,  in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) throws fishing nets from his "Sirena" boat as visitors watch him work,  in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: Fisherman Vittorio Rimbaldo (56) is seen here on his fishing boat as he gets ready to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
<br />
Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: Fisherman Vittorio Rimbaldo (56) is seen here on his fishing boat as he gets ready to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
<br />
Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: Fisherman Vittorio Rimbaldo (56) is seen here on his fishing boat as he gets ready to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
<br />
Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: An octopus caught by fisherman Paolo Fanciulli is seen here on the "Sirena", his fishing boat, in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: A visitor untangles a diplodus from the net on the "Sirena", Paolo's fishing boat in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: A fishing net thrown by fisherman Paolo Fanciulli is seen here from his boat "Sirena" in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: A fishing net thrown by fisherman Paolo Fanciulli is seen here from his boat "Sirena" in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: A fishing net thrown by fisherman Paolo Fanciulli is seen here from his boat "Sirena" in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) throws fishing nets from his "Sirena" boat as visitors watch him work,  in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) throws fishing nets from his "Sirena" boat as visitors watch him work,  in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) throws fishing nets from his "Sirena" boat as visitors watch him work,  in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli's "Sirena" fishing boat is seen here in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) throws fishing nets from his "Sirena" boat as visitors watch him work,  in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) throws fishing nets from his "Sirena" boat as visitors watch him work,  in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli's "Sirena" fishing boat is seen here in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) tells visitors the story of his life on his fishing boat "Sirena", in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) shows visitors a spot in the sea where sculpted blocks of marble were lowered, on his fishing boat "Sirena", in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) shows visitors a spot in the sea where sculpted blocks of marble were lowered, on his fishing boat "Sirena", in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) is seen here with binders full of Italian and international press clippings all about him, on his fishing boat "Sirena", in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 22 APRIL 2018: Fishing boats used to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) are seen here in the harbour of Pisciotta, Italy, on April 22nd 2018.<br />
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Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180422_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: Fisherman Vittorio Rimbaldo (56) is seen here on his fishing boat after throwing the Menaica net used to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
<br />
Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: A view at sunrise from the harbour in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) poses for a portrait in fron of "The Young Guardian", a sculpture by artist Emily Young waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: The Menaica net, used to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) is seen here as it is thrown in the sea by fisherman Vittorio RImbaldo in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
<br />
Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) poses for a portrait in fron of "The Young Guardian", a sculpture by artist Emily Young waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: A view of the Tuscan coast in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: A view of the Tuscan coast in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: A view of the Tuscan coast in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: A view at sunrise of Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Eighteen sculpted marble blocks are seen here waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) poses for a portrait in fron of "The Young Guardian", a sculpture by artist Emily Young waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) poses for a portrait in fron of "The Young Guardian", a sculpture by artist Emily Young waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) poses for a portrait in fron of "The Young Guardian", a sculpture by artist Emily Young waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Acqua", a carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Giorgio Butini, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Acqua", a carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Giorgio Butini, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Acqua", a carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Giorgio Butini, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Ittico Ziggurat", a 20 tonne carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Massimo Catalani, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Ittico Ziggurat", a 20 tonnes carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Massimo Catalani, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Ittico Ziggurat", a 20 tonnes carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Massimo Catalani, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: (R-L) Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli is seen here with his wife Sandra Galvis, a fellow Greenpeace activist from Colombia, and his assistant after dinner in the garden he converted into a restaurant, in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58, left) is seen here during dinner in the garden he converted into a restaurant, in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) navigates on a rubber dinghy on his way to the location where four marble-carved sculptures were lowered in the sea, in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) navigates on a rubber dinghy on his way to the location where four marble-carved sculptures were lowered in the sea, in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) places a buow in the location where four marble-carved sculptures were lowered in the sea, in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: "The Young Guardian" (center), a sculpture by artist Emily Young, sits on the grass together with seventeen other sculpted marble blocks waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: A marble sculpture sits on the grass together with seventeen other sculpted marble blocks waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: "The Young Guardian" (center), a sculpture by artist Emily Young, sits on the grass together with seventeen other sculpted marble blocks waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018:  Fisherman Vittorio Rimbaldo (56) prepares the Menaica net as he gets ready to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
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Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
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Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: Fisherman Vittorio Rimbaldo (56) pulls the Menaica net to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
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Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: Fisherman Vittorio Rimbaldo (56) pulls the Menaica net to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
<br />
Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: A detail of the Menaica net used by fisherman Vittorio Rimbaldo to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
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Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) is seen here saling his boat "Sirena" back to the harbour in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Juan David Galvis, Paolo Fanciulli's assistant and brother-in-law, is seen here sailing the Paolo Fanciulli's "Sirena" boat in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: Juan David Galvis, Paolo Fanciulli's assistant and brother-in-law, points out on a monitor the locations where marble sculptures were lowered in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Eighteen sculpted marble blocks are seen here waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) poses for a portrait in fron of "The Young Guardian", a sculpture by artist Emily Young waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) poses for a portrait in fron of "The Young Guardian", a sculpture by artist Emily Young waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Acqua", a carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Giorgio Butini, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Acqua", a carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Giorgio Butini, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Acqua", a carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Giorgio Butini, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Acqua", a carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Giorgio Butini, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Acqua", a carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Giorgio Butini, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "Ittico Ziggurat", a 20 tonne carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Massimo Catalani, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 27 AUGUST 2019: "The Weeping Guardian", a 12 tonne carved piece of Carrara marble by artist Emily Young, is seen here 8 meters underwater in Talamone, Italy, on August 27th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190827_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_D...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: (R-L) Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli is seen here with his wife Sandra Galvis, a fellow Greenpeace activist from Colombia, and his assistant after dinner in the garden he converted into a restaurant, in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58, left) point to a flatscreen television playing  hours of national, local and international television news segments all about him, during dinner in the garden he converted into a restaurant,  in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Fisherman and activist Paolo Fanciulli (58) navigates on a rubber dinghy on his way to the location where four marble-carved sculptures were lowered in the sea, in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
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In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • TALAMONE, ITALY - 26 AUGUST 2019: Eighteen sculpted marble blocks are seen here waiting to be lowered in the sea in Talamone, Italy, on August 26th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2006, fisherman Paolo Fanciulli used government funds and the donations from his loyal excursion clients to fund a project in which they protected the local waters from trawling by dropping hundreds of concrete blocks around the seabed. But his true dream was to lay down works of art down on the sea floor off the coast of Tuscany. His underwater art dreams came true when the owner of a Carrara quarry, inspired by Mr. Fanciulli’s vision, donated a hundred marble blocks to the project.<br />
Mr. Fanciulli invited sculptors to work the marble and set up kickstarter accounts, boat tours and dinners to fund the project. The acclaimed British artist Emily Young carved a ten-ton “Weeping Guardian” face, which was lowered with other sculptures into the water in 2015.<br />
Since then, coral and plant life have covered the sculptures and helped bring back the fish. And Paolo the Fisherman is catching as many of them as he can.
    CIPG_20190826_NYT-UnderWaterMuseum_M...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: Fisherman Vittorio Rimbaldo (56) prepares the Menaica net as he gets ready to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
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Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
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Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: The Menaica net, used to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) is seen here in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
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Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: The Menaica net, used to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) is seen here in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
<br />
Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: Fisherman Vittorio Rimbaldo (56) pulls the Menaica net to fish alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
<br />
Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 21 APRIL 2018: (L-R) Fishermen Vittorio Rimbaldo (56) and his son Marco (26) prepare their fishing boat before going out fishing alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
<br />
Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
<br />
Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing. (26) prepare their fishing boat before going out fishing alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 21st 2018.<br />
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Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica,
    CIPG_20180421_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
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