Genepesca Wreck

This summer we also immersed ourselves on the wreck of Genepesca, after many years in fact the wreck is changing, collapsing slowly. The central smokestack, the main feature of the ship has indeed collapsed on the right, probably due to a trawl net. The wreck itself still retains its charm despite the frequent presence of Mucilage due to the warming of the Mediterranean Sea caused by climate change. relitto del genepesca

Fish and various marine species of the past such as conger eels, moray eels, groupers, gorgonians, crustaceans such as lobsters and lobsters are gone; perhaps because of the mucilage phenomenon or more probably due to the almost daily diver frequency. However, it remains a beautiful dive even with the water is not always very clear. relitto del genepesca

GENEPESCA I, was launched by the Cantieri di Riva Trigoso in 1940 and ended its non-long-lived career on a mine positioned on the Secche di Vada on May 26, 1945. It was used to transport fish and was heading from Tunis to Livorno. It was designed and built to allow freezing of freshly caught fish directly on board and in order to keep the cold chain even during the marketing stages in its chain still known as “Genepesca”

It is about a mile south-south-west of the Lighthouse of Vada and you can get there in a few minutes of navigation with a fast dinghy that moors exactly above the main section, allowing a comfortable descent along the top of the anchor and a equally convenient ascent with any safety / decompression stops.

As we have already said is was designed and built to allow freezing of freshly caught fish directly on board and in order to keep the cold chain even during the marketing stages in its chain still known as “Genepesca“, with fish products that we find in all supermarkets

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