“MATTANZA” (Traditional shape of fishing Tuna in Sicily)

The traditional way of fishing of the Tuna fish in Sicily is called “Mattanza”. It is a way of fishing very old. The “Fenici” were practicing it already, even if his present shape comes from the “Arabian” . At the end of May the islands “Egadi” (Favignana, Levanzo, Marettimo in front of the coast of “Trapani”, in the west side of Sicily), are an ideal place for the procreation of the tuna fish. This tuna fish enters to the strait of “Gibilterra” and is carried by the Atlantic current. More