I had been gazing at the surface of the sea for more than an hour from the deck of a fishing boat, just off Zahara de los Atunes on Andalusia’s Costa de la Luz. Our boat, the Tierra, was one of four making up the sides of a square, the men on board gradually raising the net that was slung between them. We were nearing the climax of the almadraba, a technique used to catch bluefin tuna on this stretch of coast since the Phoenicians settled 3,000 years ago.
我站立在停靠在小村萨阿拉-德洛斯阿图内斯(Zahara de los Atunes)不远处的渔船甲板上,凝望海面足足超过1个小时。萨阿拉-德洛斯阿图内斯位于西班牙安达卢西亚的光明海岸(Andalusia’s Costa de la Luz)。我们的船Tierra与其它3艘船围成一个方形区域,4艘渔船上的渔夫正合力慢慢收起撒放在他们之间的渔网。我们即将就要看到almadraba古法捕捞蓝鳍金枪鱼的最高潮部分。早在3000多年前,定居于此的腓尼基人(Phoenicians)就用这种方法在这片海域捕捞它们。