Women of the sea make their mark in Argentine Patagonia

Jazmín Defrancesco often has her nails sculpted so she can better pluck mussels from the seabed. Neat and colorful, the painted sheets help protect her hands from the sharp edges of shells that refuse to be removed. At Larralde Beach, in Chubut province in the Atlantic Patagonia, she sets out daily, like other fishermen, at high tide, and returns when the day’s harvest is exhausted. Meters underwater, she will fill crates that her father Eduardo, on deck, tirelessly raises and rearranges. Like her cousin Anahí, Defrancesco, 30, is one of the few female divers among the shellfish collectors of the San Jorge Gulf. It’s not easy, the two cousins agree. But it’s a lifestyle they’re committed to.

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Fuente: El País