Quaderni IRCrES 16. Cap.17

Tunisian workers in Sicily
Fishing economy at the origins of foreign immigration to Italy (1960s-1970s)

Michele Colucci

CNR-ISMed, National Research Council of Italy, – Institute for studies on the Mediterranean, via Cardinale Guglielmo Sanfelice, 8, 80134 Napoli, Italy

corresponding author: michele.colucci@ismed.cnr.it

Abstract

In the second half of the 1960s, foreign immigration in Italy underwent a process of transformation. One of the Italian geographical areas in which this process is particularly visible is the area of Trapani, in Sicily. One of the occupational contexts in which this transformation is rapidly maturing is the fishing sector, especially as far as  the fishing fleets based in the port of Mazara del Vallo are concerned Their crews consist mainly of workers from Tunisia. This paper is complementary to the video presented by the author at Blue Planet Economy (BPE) European Maritime Forum 2021.

Keywords: fishing workers, contemporary Italy, history, migration, Sicily, Tunisia.

How to Cite this Article

Colucci, M. (2022). Tunisian workers in Sicily. Fishing economy at the origins of foreign immigration to Italy (1960s-1970s). In Vitali, G. & Zoppi, I.M. (eds). CNR case histories in the Blue Planet Economy (pp. 125-128). Quaderni IRCrES 16. Moncalieri, TO: CNR-IRCrES. http://dx.doi.org/10.23760/2499-6661.2022.16.17