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Tuna Fishing

NPR
Published July 23, 2000 at 12:00 AM EDT

A small Mediterranean island comes alive when its fishermen pit their strength against their migrating prey, the bluefin tuna. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli went out to sea to witness this stunning ritual, called the Mattanza.

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