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PRECARIOUS KNOWLEDGE AND THE POLITICS
OF CARING FOR TUNA
Fig. 5.1 The processing plant at La Punta, after the mattanza 2013. The marks on tuna are from the removal of
organs. Image by author.
After the Mattanza
By the end of the day there were all sorts of clefts and cuts on the bodies of the tuna. The first
lot of marks were made by tonnorotti during mattanza when they hooked and heaved the tuna
from the net. The second lot were made by marine biologists, scientific observers and
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