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While populations of herring and codfish, which lay millions of eggs, are able to quickly bounce back, harbour porpoises only have one calf a year.

“I would like to have my codfish back, for sure. We could make some money on them. But that’s never going to happen,” Alexander said.

Mr. Chacón Soto, 58, who has been fishing since he was 13, regularly catches red and queen snapper, kingfish and codfish.

Its specialties include regional staples such as the Fisherman’s Brewis, which includes cooked hard bread and codfish mixed with fried onions and pork scrunchions.

An entertaining museum with a focus on Portugal’s fishing trade, which includes an interactive fishing boat and an aquarium stocked with codfish.