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Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring suborder Clupeoidei. [2] The term 'sardine' was first used in English during the early 15th century; a somewhat dubious etymology says it comes from the Italian island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once supposedly abundant.
The area is known as the place where sardine canning was invented. Douarnenez was the world's leading sardine exporter in the 19th century. The sardines are fried, dried, and then canned (this traditional process is labelled préparées à l'ancienne), whereas in most other countries, processing consists of steam cooking after canning.
[4] [5] Schools of sardines are encircled by a net up to 1 kilometre in length which is then drawn closed at the bottom. The catch is then pumped on board the fishing vessel where it is stored in refrigerated holds at below freezing temperatures. 94% of the catch is used as feed in Southern bluefin tuna ranching operations off Port Lincoln ...
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World Ocean: ocean: Worldwide [27] 3.50+ Lake Eyre: endorheic lake: Australia [28] [n 1] 3.40: Lough Hyne: marine lake: Republic of Ireland [29] 2.80–3.20: Beaufort Sea: marginal sea: North of Alaska and Canada [30] 2.20: Sea of Marmara: mediterranean sea: Between the Balkan Peninsula and the Anatolian peninsula [31] 3.17: Chilika Lake ...
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Canned sardines in supermarkets may actually be sprat (such as the “brisling sardine”) or round herrings. Fish sizes vary by species. Good quality sardines should have the head and gills removed before packing. [11] They may also be eviscerated before packing (typically the larger varieties).
Slender rainbow sardines in Aceh. The native range of the slender rainbow sardine is in the tropical and subtropical portions of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.It is found from East Asia in the northeast, through Southeast Asia to northern Australia in the south, and through South Asia to eastern Africa, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea in the west.