The Castellammare coast
TonnaradiScopello
One of the oldest and most important tuna fisheries in Sicily.
Its activity began in the 13th century. Enlarged by the Sanclemente family in the 15th and 16th centuries, it then passed to the Society of Jesus and finally to the Florio family: centuries of tuna-fishing history, right in front of the sea stacks.
Today it is a private historic complex, with regulated access by land. From the sea, on our tours, you admire it while swimming and snorkeling among the stacks.
The figures tell of its importance: between 1922 and 1962 the average catch was 472 tuna a year, peaking at 1,335 in 1938. The last great year was 1977, with 700 tuna, and in 1984 the last mattanza was held. The village of Scopello, grown around an old baglio, is a short distance away.