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Herbert List - ITALY. Sicily. Tuna fishing. 1951.
ITALY. Sicily. 1951. Favignana. Tonnara. Tuna catch.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. Big tuna being hoisted up after the catch. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. The catch of the last few hours. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. The big tuna steaks are trimmed by hand and placed into tins. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. The tuna is boiled in giant vats. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. One by one the catch is being hoisted out of the boat. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. The heads of the fish are being tossed away. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. The Mattanza rite takes a lot of man power. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. A Pyramid of empty tins are waiting to be filled with this seasons harvest. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. After bioling the fish is being placed into trays to cool off. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. The vaste nets with the trapped tuna are being raised to the surface. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. A stone plaque. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. Cutting the fish into smaller pieces is a hard and bloody work. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. Even experienced fishermen are exhausted after killing the tuna with spears. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara.It takes many helping hands to raise the vaste nets slowly. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. Favignana Tonnara. The fish is being killed with sharp spears and pulled up. 1951.
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ITALY. Sicily. 1951. Favignana. Tonnara. Tuna catch.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. Every fish is being weighed under observation by the local police.
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ITALY. Favignana near Sicily. 1951. The tins are being fabricated by hand. A small rubber ring is placed on the opening for a good sealing.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. The reproductive organ of the male fish is being removed.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. The fish are larger than the men handling them.
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ITALY, Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. Fishermen with long spears give the fish the mortal blow.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. Pulling up the huge fish is hard work.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. With 4 sharp hooks and many helping hand, the fish is being pulled out of the water.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. Pulling the fish up to the surface, into the boat..
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. Big Pieces of Cork that keep the nets floating are being pulled up.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. Eight Fishermen are busy with pulling one fish at a time up to the surface.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. Fish mongers are waiting at the harbour to slaughter the catch.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. One by one the gish is being placed into carts.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. Fishermen are rowing home with the heavy loaded boats full of fish.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. After the mechanically cut meat has been boiled, it is being fished out of the giant vats.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. A sword fish occasionally finds its way into the nets.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. The owner of the canned tuna plant together with the his Manager and the ÒRais, who is the commander of this years tonnara.
ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. The big head of the tuna is being cut off.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. 4 man are pulling the body of head- and tail-less fish across the floor.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. The gutted fish hang in an open shack waiting to be prepared for the boiling.
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ITALY. Favignana, near Sicily. 1951. The gutted fish hang in an open shack waiting to be prepared for the boiling.
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