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Hypomesus nipponensis (Japanese smelt, in Japanese: wakasagi [2]) is a commercial food fish native to the lakes and estuaries of northern Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan, Korea, and Sakhalin, Khabarovsk Krai, and Primorsky Krai, Russia. [1] It has been introduced in other locations, including the San Francisco Delta of the United States.
Japanese smelt may refer to: Hypomesus nipponensis , also known as the wakasagi smelt, a native freshwater fish of Japanese lakes and estuaries. Hypomesus japonicus , a marine smelt ranging from northern Japan up to Peter the Great Bay of Russia.
Hypomesus pretiosus, or surf smelt, is a marine smelt with a range from Prince William Sound, Alaska to Long Beach, California, although its population declines south of San Francisco. The surf smelt grows to be about 10 inches in southern waters, and 8 3 ⁄ 4 inches in northern waters near Canada. On average, surf smelt weigh about 10 to the ...
Freshwater smelt may refer to: Wakasagi smelts, an introduced species of smelt in California, native to eastern Asia. Great Lakes smelts , (North American) in the family Osmeridae and genera Allosmerus , Hypomesus , Mallotus , Osmerus , Spirinchus and Thaleichthys
Usually more than one of these methods is used. When chilled or frozen fish or fish products are transported by road, rail, sea or air, the cold chain must be maintained. This requires insulated containers or transport vehicles and adequate refrigeration. Modern shipping containers can combine refrigeration with a controlled atmosphere. [4]
The smelt samples are free during the festival and donations are welcome, as they help support programs supported by the Niagara River Anglers. The festival has a motto, which is a play on words: "Lewiston never smelt so good." [13] Lithuania celebrates an annual weekend smelt festival in Palanga "Palangos Stinta" early every January.
Allosmerus is a monotypic genus of smelt. Its sole species, Allosmerus elongatus , the whitebait smelt , is an uncommon Northeast Pacific smelt, about which little is known. [ 1 ] Originally described as both Osmerus attenuatus and O. elongatus , these two species were determined to be conspecific in 1946. [ 2 ]
The rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) is a North American species of fish of the family Osmeridae. Walleye, trout, and other larger fish prey on these smelt.The rainbow smelt prefer juvenile ciscoes, zooplankton such as calanoid copepods (Leptodiaptomus ashlandi, L. minutus, L. sicilis), and other small organisms, but are aggressive and will eat almost any fish they find.