The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

The front is Bottarga

One piece of tuna and Kotetsu

Trapani Market

Chief fisherman and me

Tuna flitter

Mr.Gioacchino Cataldo, the chief fisherman of Favignana.
He is a big man over 2 meters.

"Mattanza" about 10 years ago.
He proudly said that he pulled up a 500k tuna
in the old-fashioned way of tuna fishing.

A long time ago, he used to fry 800 kg of tuna.

Tuna lay up to 8 million eggs from batch.

Eggs are carried along with a stream of salt,
but they become prey to sardines and decrease sharply.

The surviving eggs become fry It grows to 500g after 3 months.

It will grow to 10K in 2 years and 200K in 14 years.
Fortunately, if you survive without being caught by anyone,
it will be over 4m long and weigh 600k.

In addition,
we traveled back and forth between shaded and sunny,
well-ventilated areas for 15 days.

Finally, the big Bottarga (Karasumi) is ready.

Would you like to have a tuna steak tonight?

It's different from lean meat,
and when you put it on your tongue, the juicy taste spreads.

This is "fatty tuna".

Compete with Kotetsu.
A gem of the world unique to this place, cold white wine is the best!

Tonno (tuna)