SRD0001. mattanza (the killing): huge nets form a barrier that channel giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus into chambers, which are then sealed off, a 1200 year-old fishery, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 2
SRD0002. mattanza (the killing): boats from the tonnara (tuna fishery) arrive at the giant nets to harvest giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 3
SRD0003. mattanza (the killing): boats from the tonnara (tuna fishery) arrive at the giant nets to harvest giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 4
SRD0004. mattanza (the killing): tonnaroti (tuna fishermen) work together to bring up a net with a school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 5
SRD0005. mattanza (the killing): the rais (leader of the tuna fishermen) surveys a school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus prior to harvesting them, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 6
SRD0006. mattanza (the killing): the rais (leader of the tuna fishermen) issues directons to the tonnaroti (tuna fishermen) as they raise a net full of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 7
SRD0007. mattanza (the killing): tonnaroti (tuna fishermen) work together to bring up a net with a school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 8
SRD0008. mattanza (the killing): tonnaroti (tuna fishermen) work together to bring up a net with a school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 9
SRD0009. mattanza (the killing): giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 10
SRD0010. mattanza (the killing): the rais (leader of the tuna fishermen) issues directons to the tonnaroti (tuna fishermen) as they raise a net full of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 11
SRD0011. mattanza (the killing): giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 12
SRD0012. mattanza (the killing): giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, underwater view, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean