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    Almadraba (Andalusian Arabic: المَضْرَٰبَة, romanized: al-maḍraba, lit. 'the place to strike'; Portuguese: almadrava) is an elaborate and ancient technique...
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    front promenade.   Heliópolis Beach (Playa Heliópolis) Torreón Almadraba Beach (Playa Almadraba) Els Terrers Beach Just inland from Benicàssim lies the Desert...
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    Mattanza, literally 'slaughter' or 'killing' in Italian, also known as Almadraba in Spanish and Almadrava in Portuguese, is a traditional tuna fishing...
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    Sidonia traces its descent from Alonso Pérez de Guzmán. Almadraba – the concession on almadrabas (tuna traps along the Mediterranean coast) was one of the...
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  • ages, fishing activity provided riches to Tarifa, and an industry of the almadraba around tuna had developed in the early 16th century. In the early 16th...
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    and beyond. Tuna was their main catch and they perfected the ancient almadraba technique dating from Islamic times. The success of the fishing industry...
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    landed with almost 16,000 tons in a single year, highlighting the tuna almadraba. As a sardine port it has been, for decades, one of the first in Spain...
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    amongst other species as bycatch during the traditional fishing practice of Almadraba in addition to the main catch, the far larger Atlantic bluefin tuna. Thought...
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    Phoenician technique for trapping and catching Atlantic bluefin tuna called Almadraba, still used today in Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Italy which uses a maze...
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    village laid at the foot of the latter. It was also home to a tonnara (or almadraba), one of many scattered along the West coast of Sicily. The tonnara is...
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