Reggio Calabria – Tuna

In Calabria, the Tyrrhenian coasts, and those of Pizzo have always been theater of the slaughter and have experienced moments of triumph of the tuna hunt. This type of fishing took place in a characteristic way: the tuna, in fact, were sighted and signaled from the mainland by towers specially built in strategic positions. In a document of 1577 the tonnarari are referred to stay away from home from mid-March to mid-October because of tuna fishing.
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