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INTRODUCTION
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Known as amalgadraba in Spanish. In this thesis I use the English preposition ‘the’ tonnara and mattanza for
flow.
2
A seafood certification scheme uses a third party to certify a fishery as sustainable and for an annual fee,
allows a fishery, wholesaler or retailer to use an eco-label to market its product as sustainable. A third party
certifier assesses: management practices, fishing methods, species status and the level of marine research
activities.
3
Purse seine fleets use a large net that can encircle whole schools of fish. Seine nets are hung vertically in the
water and weighed down by weights on the bottom end and buoyed with floats on the top end.
4
A device used by the fishing industry to attract fish.
5 Bycatch is the incidental capture of non-target species.
6
I have italicised the word following when used to refer to the multisite ethnographic methodology.
7 Ian Cook publishes under Cook et al. For an explanation see Ian Cook et al. (2005).
8
There are three tonnare (plural) near San Pietro. They are management by three separate companies: Isola
Piana trap, managed by the Carloforte Tonnare PIAM Srl (Greco family); Portoscuso trap, managed by the
Tonnara Su Pranu Portoscuso Srl; the Porto Paglia trap is managed by the Tonnare Sulcitane Srl (Addis et al.
2013). These jointly form Consociazione Consortile delle Tonnare Sarde (from here referred to as the
consortium). My research was predominantly at the tonnara named Isola Piana, owned by the Greco family.
However, many of the issues that I address in this thesis relate to the management of all three tonnare.
Furthermore the quota is shared across all three tonnare. Since 2010, in order to share operating
costs, the three traps operate jointly by using the same logistic organisation and fleet, landing dock, buildings for
processing (cutting and cleaning, chilling and packing for shipping) and storage space for tonnara supplies
(Addis et al. 2013).
9
Quota is a portion of the Total allowable Catch (TAC). Regulators set a species-specific quantity (TAC)
usually by weight and for a restricted time period. A portion of the TAC, a quota share, is allocated to individual
fisheries. In the case of Atlantic bluefin quota shares are first distributed to participating countries that then
allocate quota to individual tuna fisheries.

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10 Tunny is an alternative name for tuna. The “y” (or “ie” in some versions) on the end is likely an English
diminutive such as in Johnnie (‘Tunny’ 2016).
11 See Marcus & Saka, 2006 for a discussion of the contemporary use of assemblage cultural analysis.
12
See Hannerz 2006; Marcus 1995 (multisite); Miller 2010 (things); Kirksey and Helmreich 2010
(multispecies); Tsing 2005 (an illustration of elements of these styles); Whatmore 2002, 2006 (more-than-
human).
13 See also Cook et. al. 2004; Cook & Harrison 2007; Freidberg 2003; Probyn 2011; Bestor 2000.
14
Dumit draws on the scholarship of both Gilles Deleuze and Donna Haraway to form the implosion concept
and project.
15
For a detailed critique of new materialism, in particular Jane Bennett's book Vibrant Matter, see Abrahamsson
et al. 2015.
16
I refer to Bennett and Joyce (2010) because they add considerably to the concept of the flat social and have
effectively brought together the work of Foucault and ANT scholars such as Bruno Latour and John Law in a
way that develops a place in cultural studies for environmental issues, among other concerns often theorised
within the materialist turn. The combination of these theoretical frameworks that are substantially different but
complementary (Foucault and ANT) has inspired the theoretical framing of this thesis.
17 I learned of this tin through secondary research into certification and tinned tuna.
18
Ecocrest certification was awarded to the Greco family’s company Carloforte Tonnare PIAM Srl in 2009 (Di
Natale & Addis 2010). According to Giuliano Greco (owner/manager) certification was the result of
collaboration between the tonnara and then director of SeaWorld Genoa Antonio di Natale. Giuliano says that
they initially did this for rapport with the aquarium. Di Natale and Addis argue that the trap meets the criteria for
sustainable certification as it has minimal impact on the stock. This is because it is a passive system, where

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