Alba Aguilera
Alba Aguilera | Port de Barcelona & Arenys de Mar Barcelona, Spain
Biography
Alba Aguilera is a fisherwoman and boat owner in the port of Barcelona and Arenys de Mar and comes from a fourth-generation fishing family. She is currently the youngest fisherwoman in Catalonia and the only woman working as a fisherwoman in the port of Barcelona. She works aboard a trammel-net fishing boat and combines her work as a fisherwoman with promoting and explaining her profession through social media.With around 6,000 followers on Instagram and more than 100,000 on TikTok, Aguilera uses her videos to show her work and raise awareness of small-scale fishing. She has explained that she does not intend to make a living from social media and does not consider herself an influencer. Her aim is to help young people discover the profession and encourage more women to enter the sector.
Her activity on social media has therefore become another way of bringing visibility to a profession in which women remain a minority and to the reality of small-scale fishing. Her content is directly connected to her daily work as a fisherwoman and to her wish to ensure that the profession continues and that future generations maintain their connection with the sea.
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16:00h
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Talent Z
Digitalisation. Beyond Social Media
Alatz Bilbao
Bakea*
Chef
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Yanet Acosta
The Foodie Studies
Journalist, writer and lecturer
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Oriol De Pablo
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CEO
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Alba Aguilera
Port de Barcelona & Arenys de Mar
Fisherwoman and boat owner
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