The fishery declined with the rise of factory fishing after World War II. Thanks to the Parodi brothers, who bought the factory--after the troubles of the Florio family--tuna fishing continued through the 1980s. The factory is now a museum due to the unavoidable decline.

The island's fortunes were turned around by the advent of tourism from the late 1960s onwards.

During World War II, American Forces under Gen. Patton drove the Axis forces from Sicily.

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