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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.
Canning was used in the 1830s in Scotland to keep fish fresh until it could be marketed. By the 1840s, salmon was being canned in North America in Maine and New Brunswick. [ 6 ] American commercial salmon canneries had their origins in California, and in the northwest of the US, particularly on the Columbia River.
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.
In 1880, Norwegian fish canneries began exporting sardines. [2] At the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893, the Norwegian exhibition included smoked sardines. [3]In 1903, a year after royal permission had been granted, Chr. Bjelland & Co. first began exporting the King Oscar brand of sardines to the United States, and by 1920, the brand was established in the USA and British markets. [4]
The population in 2008 was 15,066. It has declined since the mid-20th century because of jobs lost from declines in the fishing industry. But it still has fish canning facilities (sardines and mackerel) although sardine fishing, for which the town became famous, has fallen off in recent years.
Edgett-Burnham Canning Company - former cannery in Camden, New York; Empson Cannery, Longmont, Colorado, NRHP-listed; Hovden Cannery - Monterey, California; Kake Cannery - Kake, Alaska, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Kirkland Cannery Building - former cannery in Kirkland, Washington; Kukak Bay Cannery - former cannery ...
Knut Hovden (January 3, 1880 – March 3, 1961) was a Norwegian canner, innovator, and businessman.. A graduate from the Norwegian school of fisheries, Hovden started his career working for the pioneer canner Frank E. Booth in Monterey, California in 1905. [1]
John West canned fish. John West states that their salmon, mackerel and sardine products are certified to the Marine Stewardship Council's (MSC) standard for a well-managed and sustainable fishery, and that every can in these ranges carries the Marine Stewardship Council logo.