Valli di Comacchio

Bilancioni at sunset in the Valli di Comacchio (meaning "Fish Basins of Comacchio"). The Valli di Comacchio are a lagoon and wetland complex comprising four principal basins and several smaller ones. The "bilancione" is an old and massive construction built from wood, which consists of a platform from where two (or more) long arms called antennae stretch out suspended some feet above the water and supporting a huge, narrow-meshed, net. The fishing technique, quite efficacious, is "on sight". The net is lowered into the water through a complex system of winches and, likewise, promptly pulled up to retrieve its catch. At least two men are entrusted with the tough task of operating the winches that maneuver the giant net. via 500px ift.tt/2OSXxVt 500px, pier, jetty, marina, bay, trabucchi, trabocchi, fishing, fish, fisherman, fishermen, sunset, sunrise, dawn, valli, di, comacchio, bilancioni, bilancione, po, river, sea, ocean, water, delta, del, lagoon, old, ancient, machine, valle, basins, dusk