Fishermen’s huts saved by an association

They are sometimes barely standing: 17 fishermen’s huts, some abandoned for more than 15 years. Loïc Lorre, mayor of Saint-Samson-sur-Rance, in Côtes-d’Armor, remembers the time when they were the meeting place for local fishermen. “We came to have a good time in the evening, at high tide because that’s when we caught the fish,” remembers the man. Carrelet huts built on the maritime domain, and therefore subject to an ever more expensive tax. Add to that the silting up of the Rance estuary, and the practice of carrelet fishing is being lost in Brittany.

After four years of procedures, a development permit has just been granted to a local association. That day, there are 15 volunteers to lay the future floor. To stick to the specifications, it is necessary to build identically with recycled materials, or using ancestral techniques, such as rope work. To accompany them in their task, the team includes a carpenter. A few months ago, he was working on the nave of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, the biggest project of his career.