SEAFOOD RESTAURANT “JASTOŽERA”, KOMIŽA, ISLAND OF VIS

Taste the abundance of original mediterranean delicacies

Vis. Pearl in the Adriatic crown. Komiža, the Vis beauty and birthplace of poets. In this wonderful natural scenography there is the SEAFOOD RESTAURANT “JASTOŽERA” KOMIŽA.

The famous history of the island of Vis is by it even more famous and more lively.

History

The story of Jastožera begins in the late 1883. In course of the Austro-Hungarian rule, the Italian customs officer who was employed here, decided to make the Jastožera, in order to breed lobsters.
As he used the government money for the construction of the same, as misfortune would have it, he was soon brought to light and imprisoned.
Thus the Jastožera became the property of Ivan Marinković, at that time one of the most famous architects and constructors of lighthouses on the island of Palagruža. At that time, Marinković carried out works on the Jastožera, he took the opportunity and bought it on auction.

Jastožera in old days – lobsters’ storage

Many waves laved the coast of Komiža and many years passed and we do not know the names and number of people who tried to breed lobsters here. Breeding lobsters (Palinurus elephas) was connected with numerous problems because of complicated larva stages. Therefore, the Jastožera was finally allotted exclusively for storage of live lobsters for further sale.

Lobsters were delivered there till 1962 from the area of Middle Dalmatia – islands of Lastovo, Mljet, Brac, Hvar, Drvenik, Šolta. From that place, before and after the 2nd World War, they were transported even by hydroplanes to various destinations Europe wide.

According to the sources, in 1962 more than one ton of lobsters were stored in Jastožera. They were packed in wooden boxes made especially for that purpose filled with straw. According to legend, on one occasion the box with a live lobster was returned from such a long journey.