
The southern
harbour
La Restinga is the southern harbour of El Hierro, out in the Atlantic. In 1996 a marine reserve was established there at the request of its fishermen, and in October 2011 an underwater volcano was born a mile from their homes. According to the reserve’s managers, the healthy state of the seabed was decisive in its swift recovery. In the dictionary, a restinga is a tongue of sand or rock lying beneath the water


















