]> 2026-04-20T23:24:53+02:00 Fisheries in Heist 0 en The Purus label promotes the Flemish unpeeled brown shrimps.<br/> Via ‘North Sea Life’ label, the Flemish Shellfish- and fish cooperation (VSVC) supply life brown shrimps and swimming crabs to restaurants and wholesalers. West Flanders 'Vistival’, which fits into the ‘Dag van de Heistse visserij’ (‘'Day of the Heist fisheries’').<br/> Every year on August 15th, the day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, the '''procession''' ‘Stella Maris’ moves through the town of Heist in honour of Our Lady, Star of the Sea and recalls the origin of Heist as a fishermen’s village. The procession is followed by the '''Benediction of the Sea''', performed by the chaplain of sea fisheries. [http://www.vishandeldepaepe.be/ Vishandel Depaepe]. It was established in Heist in 1928 by Victor Depaepe and is nowadays managed by a fifth generation of this family. [http://www.sincfala.be/sf/ Sincfala], the museum of the Zwin area. In 1904 the ‘'''Vrije Visserijschool'''’, the first fisheries school of Heist, opened its doors. In 2005, the institute in Heist was shut down and all maritime education was centralized in Ostend. In 1964, a '''monument''' honoring the fishermen of Heist was erected. It was designed by sculptor André Taeckens and represents a [http://www.knokke-heist.be/pagina/vissersmonument-taeckens fisherman with wife and child].<br/> A fishermen’s chapel was built in Heist in 1892 and was renovated in 1992-1994. [http://www.restaurantbartholomeus.be/Bart-Desmidt-1.html Restaurant Bartholomeus] 2014-12-11T10:47:39Z 2457002.9497569 Fisheries in Heist