Biology:Sardine

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Short description: Common name for various small, oily forage fish


Sardines
Sardines are small epipelagic fish that sometimes migrate along the coast in large schools. They are an important forage fish for larger forms of marine life.
Global commercial capture of sardines in tonnes reported by the FAO 1950–2009[1]

Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae.[2] The term 'sardine' was first used in English during the early 15th century; a somewhat dubious folk etymology says it comes from the Italian island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once supposedly abundant.[3][4][5]

The terms 'sardine' and 'pilchard' are not precise, and what is meant depends on the region. The United Kingdom 's Sea Fish Industry Authority, for example, classifies sardines as young pilchards.[6] One criterion suggests fish shorter in length than 15 cm (6 in) are sardines, and larger fish are pilchards.[7]

The FAO/WHO Codex standard for canned sardines cites 21 species that may be classed as sardines.[8] FishBase, a database of information about fish, calls at least six species pilchards, over a dozen just sardines, and many more with the two basic names qualified by various adjectives.

Etymology

The word 'sardine' first appeared in English in the 15th century, a loanword from French sardine, derived from Latin sardina, from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē) or σαρδῖνος (sardĩnos),[9] possibly from the Greek Σαρδώ (Sardō) 'Sardinia'. Athenaios quotes a fragmentary passage from Aristotle mentioning the fish σαρδῖνος (sardĩnos), referring to the sardine or pilchard.[10] However, Sardinia is over 1000 km from Athens, so it seems "hardly probable that the Greeks would have obtained fish from so far as Sardinia at a time relatively so early as that of Aristotle."[11]

The flesh of some sardines or pilchards is a reddish-brown colour similar to some varieties of red sardonyx or sardine stone; this word derives from σαρδῖον (sardĩon) with a root meaning 'red' and possibly cognate with Sardis, the capital of ancient Lydia (now western Turkey) where it was obtained. However, the name may refer to the reddish-pink colour of the gemstone sard (or carnelian) known to the ancients.[12][13]

The phrase "packed like sardines" (in a tin) is recorded from 1911.[11] The phrase "packed up like sardines" appears in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction from 1841,[14] and is a translation of "encaissés comme des sardines", which appears in La Femme, le mari, et l'amant from 1829.[15] Other early appearances of the idiom are "packed together ... like sardines in a tin-box" (1845),[16] and "packed ... like sardines in a can" (1854).[17]

Genera

Sardines occur in several genera.

Although they are not true sardines, sprats are sometimes marketed as sardines. For example, the european sprat, Sprattus sprattus, is sometimes marketed as the 'brisling sardine'.

Species

Commercially significant species
Genus Common name Scientific name Max. length Typ. length Max. mass Max. age
years 		Trophic
level 		Fish-
Base 		FAO ITIS IUCN
status
cm in cm in g oz
Sardina European pilchard Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) 27.5 10.8 20.0 7.9 15 3.05 [18] [19] [20]
Sardinops South American pilchard Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842) 39.5 15.6 20.0 7.9 490 17 25 2.43 [21] [22] [23]
Japanese pilchard[note 1] Sardinops melanostictus (Schlegel, 1846) [25] [26] [27]
NE
Californian pilchard[note 1] Sardinops caeruleus (Girard, 1854) [28] [29] [30]
NE
southern African pilchard[note 1] Sardinops ocellatus (Pappe, 1854) [31] [32] [33]
NE
Sardinella Bali sardinella Sardinella lemuru (Bleeker, 1853) 23 9.1 20 7.9 [34] [35] [36]
Brazilian sardinella Sardinella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1879) 3.10 [37] [38] [39]
Japanese sardinella Sardinella zunasi (Bleeker, 1854) 3.12 [40] [41] [42]
Indian oil sardine Sardinella longiceps (Valenciennes, 1847) 2.41 [43] [44] [45]
Goldstripe sardinella Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849) 2.85 [46] [47] [48]
Round sardinella Sardinella aurita (Valenciennes, 1847) 3.40 [49] [50] [51]
Madeiran sardinella Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1839) 3.20 [52] [53] [54]
Marquesan sardinella Sardinella marquesensis (Berry & Whitehead, 1968) 16 6.3 10 3.9 2.90 [55] Least Concern
Dussumieria Rainbow sardine Dussumieria acuta (Valenciennes, 1847) 20 7.9 3.40 [56] [57] [58]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 There are four distinct stocks in the genus Sardinops, widely separated by geography. The FAO treats these stocks as separate species, while FishBase treats them as one species, Sardinops sagax.[24]

  • The European pilchard, Sardina pilchardus

  • In the 1980s the South American pilchard, Sardinops sagax, was the most intensively fished species of sardine. Some major stocks declined precipitously in the 1990s (see chart below).

  • The Pacific sardine, Sardinops sagax caerulea

Feeding

Sardines feed almost exclusively on zooplankton, (lit. "animal plankton"), and congregate wherever this is abundant.

Fisheries

Global capture of sardines in tonnes reported by the FAO
Sardines of the genus Sardinops, 1950–2010[1]
Sardines not of the genus Sardinops, 1950–2010[1]

Typically, sardines are caught with encircling nets, particularly purse seines. Many modifications of encircling nets are used, including traps or fishing weirs. The latter are stationary enclosures composed of stakes into which schools of sardines are diverted as they swim along the coast. The fish are caught mainly at night, when they approach the surface to feed on plankton. After harvesting, the fish are submerged in brine while they are transported to shore.

Sardines are commercially fished for a variety of uses: for bait; for immediate consumption; for drying, salting, or smoking; and for reduction into fish meal or oil. The chief use of sardines is for human consumption, but fish meal is used as animal feed, while sardine oil has many uses, including the manufacture of paint, varnish, and linoleum.

French sardine seiner

As food

Main page: Biology:Sardines as food
Exhibit of a woman canning sardines at the Maine State Museum in Augusta; sardines are a component of the economy of Maine.

Sardines are commonly consumed by humans. Fresh sardines are often grilled, pickled, smoked, or preserved in cans.

Sardines are rich in vitamins and minerals.[59] A small serving of sardines once a day can provide 13% of vitamin B2; roughly one-quarter of niacin; and about 150% of the recommended daily value of vitamin B12.[60] Sardines are high in the minerals such as phosphorus, calcium, and potassium, and some trace minerals including iron and selenium.[61]

Sardines are also a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids, which may reduce the occurrence of cardiovascular disease.[62] Regular consumption of omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease.[63] These fatty acids can also lower blood sugar levels.[64]

Because they are low in the food chain, sardines are very low in contaminants, such as mercury, relative to other fish commonly eaten by humans.[65]

History

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History of sardine fishing in the UK

Pilchard fishing and processing became a thriving industry in Cornwall, England from around 1750 to around 1880, after which it went into decline. Catches varied from year to year, and in 1871, the catch was 47,000 hogsheads, while in 1877, only 9,477 hogsheads. A hogshead contained 2,300 to 4,000 pilchards, and when filled with pressed pilchards, weighed 476 lbs. The pilchards were mostly exported to Roman Catholic countries such as Italy and Spain , where they are known as fermades. The chief market for the oil was Bristol, where it was used on machinery.[66]

Since 1997, sardines from Cornwall have been sold as 'Cornish sardines', and since March 2010, under EU law, Cornish sardines have Protected Geographical Status.[67] The industry has featured in numerous works of art, particularly by Stanhope Forbes and other Newlyn School artists.

The traditional "Toast to Pilchards" refers to the lucrative export of the fish to Catholic Europe:

Here's health to the Pope, may he live to repent
And add just six months to the term of his Lent
And tell all his vassals from Rome to the Poles,
There's nothing like pilchards for saving their souls![68]

History of sardine fishing in the United States

In the United States, the sardine canning industry peaked in the 1950s. Since then, the industry has been on the decline. The canneries in Monterey Bay, in what was known as Cannery Row in Monterey County, California (where John Steinbeck's novel of the same name was set), failed in the mid-1950s. The last large sardine cannery in the United States, the Stinson Seafood plant in Prospect Harbor, Maine, closed its doors on 15 April 2010 after 135 years in operation.[69]

In April 2015 the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to direct NOAA Fisheries Service to halt the current commercial season in Oregon, Washington (state) and California , because of a dramatic collapse in Pacific sardine stocks. The ban affected about 100 fishing boats with sardine permits, although far fewer were actively fishing at the time. The season normally would end 30 June.[70] The ban was expected to last for more than a year, and was still in place (As of May 2019).[71]

In popular culture

The manner in which sardines can be packed in a can has led to the popular English language saying "packed like sardines", which is used metaphorically to describe situations where people or objects are crowded closely together.[72]

'Sardines' is also the name of a children's game, where one person hides and each successive person who finds the hidden one packs into the same space until only one is left out, who becomes the next one to hide.[73]

Among the residents of the Mediterranean city of Marseille, the local tendency to exaggerate is linked to a folk tale about a sardine that supposedly blocked the city's port in the 18th century. It was actually blocked by a ship called the Sartine.

See also

References

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Further reading

External links

  • Sardines – Seafood Watch, Monterey Bay Aquarium



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