Sea (part I)

Collection title

Mediterranean

ID

INA00677

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

10/01/1976

Production year

1974

Abstract

This first part of the program opens with bloody images of Tonnara, traditional tuna fishing, which takes place between Sicily and Sardinia for 3 weeks. Invented by the Phoenicians and codified by the Arabs, this form of fishing is in agreement with the organization of a traditional society, where exploitation of the sea is only seasonal, for villagers who are primarily farmers and ranchers.   Due to the scarcity of fish caught, the oceanologist Caetano Cafiero explains that fishing could be prohibited, and that already in Roman times, basins would have been organized to protect the fauna. This issue concludes with the assertion that the Mediterranean economy was not built on the products of the sea.

Type

video

Production companies

• ORTF - Coproduction
• RAI - Coproduction
• Europe 1 (EUR1) - Coproduction

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Fishing and harbour activities

Secondary themes

• Landscapes and environment / Protection of Natural environments

Credits / Cast

• Quilici Folco - Director

Period of events

• 1974

Map locations

• Italy - Islands - Sicily
• Tunisia - Chotts and desert

Original language

French

Media running time

21m5

Additional information

Commercial exploitation rights: Europe Images International: 1, Rond Point Victor Hugo 92130 Issy les Moulineaux (33 1 55 95 58 00)