Kerkennah Islands

These shallow waters lie northeast of the Kerkennah Islands, off the Tunisian coast. Around the islands, fishers use fixed barriers called charfia: palm fronds planted in the seabed guide fish on the ebb tide into chambers and traps. Sea bream, red mullet and cuttlefish are among the catches taken in the Gulf of Gabès, where knowledge of tides and the sea floor shapes the placement of each fishery.