Almadraba

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Catching tuna with a boat hook

Almadraba refers to both fishing equipment and a traditional way of fishing for tuna in Spain . The Arabic wordمضربة / maḍraba originally means “place where there is a beating”. In records from the 18th century, the Spanish term "matanza" (German: slaughter) is used for catching and the catching process. A similar fishing for tuna is carried out in Sicily under the name Mattanza .

history

The fishing technique has hardly changed in the last thousand years. The dukes of Medina Sidonia received extensive fishing rights in the 12th century to operate almadrabas on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. From the first half of the 20th century, a number of ordinances regulating the almadrabas are known from Spain. In the 21st century, the fishing method is used less and less because the tuna is threatened with extinction due to industrial overfishing and the catch results already led to the discontinuation of operations in many places for economic reasons from the second half of the 20th century.

Fishing method

For this purpose, the fishermen use gillnets that are anchored to the bottom of the sea and act as a fish fence . The season for the Almadraba is spring, especially the months of April and May.

distribution

From records and partially preserved almadrabas, locations can be proven where this fishing method was practiced. Catching by this method is still practiced in the following places in the Andalusia region: Cádiz , Chiclana de la Frontera , Conil de la Frontera , Barbate , Rota , Zahara de los Atunes , La Línea de la Concepción , Punta Umbría , Isla Cristina , Ceuta and Tarifa . Other places in the Cartagena region and the Alicante province are also among the fishing locations.

literature

  • Cesáreo Fernández Duro, Almadrabas: reseña histórica de su empleo en las costas de España , Dias y Lopez, Madrid, 1866
  • David Florido del Corral, Las almadrabas andaluzas: entre el prestigio y el mercado , Seville, Padilla Libros Editores y Libreros. Vol. 1. 2006, pages 193-214. ISBN 978-84-8434-387-5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Antonio Sañez Reguart, Diccionario Historico de Las Artes de la Pesca Nacional , published by Joaquin Ibarra, Madrid, 1791-1795, Volume 1, pages 44 et seq, facsimile:. ISBN 978-84-9761-600-3
  2. ^ Genevieve Corwin, A bibliography of the tunas , “Contribution from the California State Fishery Laboratoriy”, issue 87, pages 11 ff.

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