8.- Old Anchovy factory

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Fish salting has been recorded since l'Escala harbour first existed in the 16th century. The first salines or salt factories were established around La Platja and the smaller Port d'en Perris harbour, where a salting factory owned by Callol Serrats family was built at the end of the 19th century. Salters purchased the anchovies and sardines they required and fishermen carried those to the salting factory, working overnight to make products ready for commerce the following morning. According to 1847 industrial registry records, there were ten industries dedicated to this activity in l'Escala. Nowadays, salting anchovies continues to be a major economic activity in l'Escala , with several companies decicated to it.

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