On October 26, 1986, a 21′-high bronze & granite TUNAMAN’S MEMORIAL STATUE was erected on SAN DIEGO’s SHELTER ISLAND. A “dream come true” initiated by a proud San Diego tuna fisherman (& Provincetown, Massachusetts native) Capt. ANTHONY MASCARENHAS, in conjuction with his (beautiful, but short-lived) dream of a TUNA HALL OF PROGRESS; but which he sadly did not live to see erected. The Memorial includes the names (currently 46) of SAN DIEGO TUNA FISHERMEN who DIED during tuna fishing operations in the San Diego fleet, as well as names of many tuna industry FOUNDERS and PIONEERS of San Diego’s once proud tuna fishing fleet, a fleet synonymous with San Diego once being recognized as the “TUNA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD“, and the (largely Portuguese-American) Point Loma neighborhood of that city known as, “TUNAVILLE“. The bronze statue was sculpted by artist Franco Vianello, who himself once fished for tuna in the bait boat days, and purposefully shows a Portuguese, Italian, and Japanese fisherman in the rack, as these nationalities and/or their ancestors tended to dominate in this fishery.