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Science 11 August 2000:
Vol. 289. no. 5481, pp. 876 - 877
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5481.876
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FISHERIES:
Of Tuna and Tonnaroti

A review by Barbara A. Block

Mattanza Love and Death in the Sea of Sicily
Theresa Maggio
Perseus, Cambridge, MA, 2000. 279 pp. $25, C$37.95, £17.50. ISBN 0-7382-0269-X.

Based on a decade of observing Sicilian fishermen and their annual trapping of giant bluefin tuna, Maggio's lyrical tale combines the natural history of the fish with a heartfelt account of a dying tradition.
The author is at Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Oceanview Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA 93950-3094, USA. E-mail: bblock{at}stanford.edu

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