Tonnara

Tonnara is an elaborate and age-old Mediterranean technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna. It consists of settin specially shaped nets in a corridor of  nets, in the last net takes place la Mattanza, the tuna fishing.The mattanza is an ancient, traditional method of fishing for bluefin tuna, which was developed in centuries. Gruesome fishing method but sustainable and practiced by millenniums, even today it is possible to attend this ancient rite.

In Carloforte you can dive with tuna from May to July.