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The Samurais Of The Sea
S.O.S Red Tuna (Spain)
By Patricio Estay
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Copejeadores must enter the Almadraba net to capture the tuna by hooking them in the eye or in the gills. It is the only way not to damage the thynnus thynnus (red tuna). Sometimes, the strike of the tuna’s tail, which is fighting for its life, can be fatal to the fisherman.