Before, during square net fishing it was just the nets that moved. You would go by boat to the place where there were fish. Then you would set up your hut. Be that as it may, this traditional fishing dates from at least two centuries ago, on the water and then from the coast , fishing from these huts on stilks that have such a pictures silhouette.

Laid on the sea bed, these square nets catch all the fish who swim above it, to get them out you need to throw them in the air, whilst they are all wriggling on this fine mesh trampoline. Square net fishing is an old fishing technique, a special kind of fishing that is only done between March and July on the open sea.

Today, some 660 square nets have been counted in the Charente-Maritime region. Only used for leisure fishing. the prawn from charente still need to fear these square nets, but they share this fear with mullets, plaice, soles and eels. These progressions towards the sea, wooden landing stages covered with huts are a part of the countryside. Even better, they belong to our patrimony.