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Almadraba (aSpanish word coming fromAndalusian Arabic:المَضْرَٰبَة,romanized: al-maḍraba,lit. 'the place to strike'; inPortuguese:almadrava) is an elaborate and ancient technique for trapping and catchingAtlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus).
The technique, in its most simple iteration, consists in setting up net barriers to trap the tuna when they migrate into theMediterranean Sea from theAtlantic Ocean (February to July), on their way to spawn anduntil recently, on their return journey, ("al revés"); thebycatch contains, among others,bullet tuna (auxis rochei),little tunny (euthynnus alletteratus),Atlantic bonito (sarda sarda),bigeye tuna (thunnus obesus) andswordfish (xiphias gladius).

It is a traditional form of fishing practiced mainly in southeastern Spain (Andalusia,Murcia and southernValencian Community), Morocco and southern Portugal (theAlgarve).[1][2] Almadrabas have been set from the ports ofCádiz,Chiclana de la Frontera,[3]Conil de la Frontera,Barbate,Rota,Zahara de los Atunes,La Línea de la Concepción, Nueva Umbría,Isla Cristina,Ceuta andTarifa, among other ports.
A similar technique exists in Sicily known asmattanza (a borrowing from the Spanish wordmatanza, meaning 'slaughter').
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