The Confraria de Pescadors de Roses runs this with the town's economic development office, and it is not a boat trip in the pleasure-cruise sense. You leave the fishing port at 10am, spend two hours out at the piscifactories — the sea bream and sea bass cages moored in the bay opposite the port — and come back at noon. Pere Planas, the guild's biologist, explains how the installations work, how the fish are fed and reared, and what that means for what ends up on the plate.
What to expect. A working visit rather than a scenic one, and better for it. It runs on Saturday 19 September, costs €5, and is open to anyone. Booking opens on 4 September at rosesgastronomia.cat and stays open until the 18th or until the boat is full, which it will be.
Practical bit. Roses sits at the top of the Costa Brava where the Empordà plain meets the Cap de Creus headland, and the fish market auction in the port is worth catching too. A hire car gets you Cadaqués over the pass, the Aiguamolls wetlands, and the Empordà wine country — all within half an hour and all better in September.
