mattanza
Sign in to savethumb|Tonnara off the coast of Favignana, [[Sicily, a painting by Antonio Varni]] '''''', literally 'slaughter' or 'killing' in Italian, also known as ' in Spanish and ' in Portuguese, is a traditional tuna fishing technique that uses a series of large nets to trap and exhaust the fish.
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- Falling fish stocks and decline
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thumb|Tonnara off the coast of Favignana, [[Sicily, a painting by Antonio Varni]] '''''', literally 'slaughter' or 'killing' in Italian, also known as ' in Spanish and ' in Portuguese, is a traditional tuna fishing technique that uses a series of large nets to trap and exhaust the fish.
There are traditions linked to Trapani in Sicily, the Egadi island of Favignana, and Carloforte and the Isola di San Pietro in southwestern Sardinia, as well as locations in Spain, Portugal, Morocco, and Tunisia.
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