La Mattanza: An ancient Silician ritual in which fisherman waded into the Mediterranean Sea up to their waist with clubs and spears and then stood still for hours on end until the [bluefin tuna] no longer noticed their presence. Eventually, when enough [tuna] had gathered around them, someone gave and imperceptible signal and in a split second the scene went from preternatural quiet to gory bloodbath as the fishermen struck viciously at their unsuspecting quarry.
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- Il Regno: La Mattanza and the Price of Progress. ilregno2s.blogspot.com . Jun 5, 2012. Accessed Feb 15, 2021.
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Couldn’t find a corroboration for Carreyrou’s version of La Mattanza. Other accounts mention a system of nets used to guide the bluefin tuna to their point of slaughter. Critics of the practice claim it’s inhumane. Defendents say it’s part of Sicilian culture, and sustainable [as opposed to commercial fishing of bluefin tuna].