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Overview
Sardines, or pilchards, are common names used to refer to various small, oily fish within the herring family of Clupeidae. The term sardine was first used in English during the early 15th century and may come from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once abundant.
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.One criterion suggests fish shorter in length than are sardines, and larger ones pilchards.The FAO/WHO Codex standard for canned sardines cites 21 species that may be classed as sardines;[1] FishBase, a comprehensive database of information about fish, calls at least six species "pilchard", over a dozen just "sardine", and many more with the two basic names qualified by various adjectives.
Genera
Sardines occur in several genera
- Genus Dussumieria
- Rainbow sardine (Dussumieria acuta)
- Slender rainbow sardine (Dussumieria elopsoides)
- Genus Escualosa
- Slender white sardine (Escualosa elongata)
- White sardine (Escualosa thoracata)
- Genus Sardina
- European pilchard (true sardine) (Sardina pilchardus)
- Genus Sardinella
- Goldstripe sardinella (Sardinella gibbosa)
- Indian oil sardine (Sardinella longiceps)
- Round sardinella (Sardinella aurita)
- Genus Sardinops
- South American pilchard (Sardinops sagax)
Species
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Genus | Common name | Scientific name | Max. length |
Common length |
Max. weight |
Max. age |
Trophic level |
Fish Base |
FAO | ITIS | IUCN status |
Sardina | European pilchard* | Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) | 27.5 cm | 20.0 cm | kg | 15 years | 3.05 | [2] | [3] | [4] | |
Sardinops | South American pilchard | Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842) | 39.5 cm | 20.0 cm | 0.49 kg | 25 years | 2.43 | [5] | [6] | [7] | |
Japanese pilchard† | Sardinops melanostictus (Schlegel, 1846) | [8] | [9] | [10] | |||||||
Californian pilchard† | Sardinops caeruleus (Girard, 1854) | [11] | [12] | [13] | |||||||
southern African pilchard† | Sardinops ocellatus (Pappe, 1854) | [14] | [15] | [16] | |||||||
Sardinella | Bali sardinella | Sardinella lemuru (Bleeker, 1853) | 23 cm | 20 cm | kg | years | [17] | [18] | [19] | ||
Brazilian sardinella | Sardinella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1879) | cm | cm | kg | years | 3.10 | [20] | [21] | |||
Japanese sardinella | Sardinella zunasi (Bleeker, 1854) | cm | cm | kg | years | 3.12 | [22] | [23] | [24] | ||
Indian oil sardine | Sardinella longiceps (Valenciennes, 1847) | cm | cm | kg | years | 2.41 | [25] | [26] | [27] | Least Concern [28] | |
Goldstripe sardinella | Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849) | cm | cm | kg | years | 2.85 | [29] | [30] | [31] | ||
Round sardinella | Sardinella aurita (Valenciennes, 1847) | cm | cm | kg | years | 3.40 | [32] | [33] | [34] | ||
Madeiran sardinella | Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1839) | cm | cm | kg | years | 3.20 | [35] | [36] | [37] | ||
Dussumieria | Rainbow sardine | Dussumieria acuta (Valenciennes, 1847) | cm | 20 cm | kg | years | 3.40 | [38] | [39] | [40] |
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† 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.[41]
Fisheries
Typically, sardines are caught with encircling nets, particularly purse seines. Many modifications of encircling nets are used, including traps or 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.
As food
Sardines are commonly consumed by human beings. Fresh sardines are often grilled, pickled or smoked, or preserved in cans.
Sardines are rich in vitamins and minerals. A small serving of sardines once a day can provide 13 percent of vitamin B2; roughly one-quarter of niacin; and about 150 percent of the recommended daily value of vitamin B12. All B vitamins help to support proper nervous system function and are used for energy metabolism, or converting food into energy.Also, sardines are high in the major minerals such as phosphorus, calcium, potassium, and some trace minerals including iron and selenium. Sardines are also a natural source of marine omega-3 fatty acids, which may reduce the occurrence of cardiovascular disease.[43] Recent studies suggest that regular consumption of omega-3 fatty acids reduces the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease.[44] These fatty acids can also lower blood sugar levels.[45] They are also a good source of vitamin D,[46] calcium, vitamin B12,[47][48] and protein.
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.
History
Pilchard fishing and processing became a thriving industry in Cornwall (UK) from around 1750 to around 1880, after which it went into decline. As of 2007, however, stocks are improving. Since 1997, sardines from Cornwall have been sold as "Cornish sardines", and since March 2010, under EU law, Cornish sardines have Protected Geographical Status. The industry has featured in numerous works of art, particularly by Stanhope Forbes and other Newlyn School artists.
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, 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.
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![49]
Popular culture
The close packing of sardines in the can has led to their metaphorical use of the name in describing any situation where people or objects are crowded together, for instance, in a bus or subway car. This phenomenon is satirised by British poet and comic Spike Milligan in his poem 'Sardine Submarine'. In the poem, a sardine's mother describes the unfamiliar sight of a submarine to its offspring as 'a tinful of people'.[50]
'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 there is only one left out, who becomes the next one to hide.[51]
See also
Notes
- ↑ "Codex standard for canned sardines and sardine-type products codex stan 94 –1981 REV. 1–1995" (PDF). Codex Alimentarius. FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission. pp. 1–7. Retrieved 18 January 2007.
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ Sardinops melanostictus (Schlegel, 1846) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ Sardinops caeruleus (Girard, 1854) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ Sardinops ocellatus (Pappe, 1854) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ Sardinella lemuru (Bleeker, 1853) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
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- ↑ Sardinella zunasi (Bleeker, 1854) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ Sardinella longiceps (Valenciennes, 1847) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Template:IUCN2011.2
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ Sardinella aurita (Valenciennes, 1847) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1839) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ Dussumieria acuta (Valenciennes, 1847) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
- ↑ Template:ITIS
- ↑ Grant, W. S.; et al. (1998). "Why restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of mitochondrial DNA failed to resolve sardine (Sardinops) biogeography: insights from mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b sequences". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 55 (12): 2539–47. doi:10.1139/f98-127.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1
- ↑ Kris-Etherton; Harris, WS; Appel, LJ; American Heart Association. Nutrition Committee; et al. (November 2002). "Fish Consumption, Fish Oil, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, and Cardiovascular Disease". Circulation. 106 (21): 2747–2757. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000038493.65177.94. PMID 12438303.
- ↑ Sharon Johnson (6 November 2007). "Oily brain food ... Yum". The Mail Tribune. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
- ↑ "Omega-3 fatty acids, fish oil, alpha-linolenic acid: MedlinePlus Supplements". Retrieved 22 January 2010.
Fish oil supplements may lower blood sugar levels a small amount. Caution is advised when using herbs or supplements that may also lower blood sugar. Blood glucose levels may require monitoring, and doses may need adjustment.
- ↑ "Vitamin D and Healthy Bones". New York State Health Department. November 2003. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
- ↑ "Vitamin B12". George Mateljan Foundation. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ↑ "Vitamin B12". EatingWell. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ↑ Traditional Cornish Stories and Rhymes, 1992 edition, Lodenek Press
- ↑ "Even more Spike Milligan side-splitters" Tostevin.net (2012-07-13). Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ↑ "Stinky Sardine Club – ITPedia". Itpedia.nyu.edu. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
References
- Parrish, R. H.; et al. (1989). "The monotypic sardines, Sardina and Sardinops: Their taxonomy, distribution, stock structure, and zoogeography" (PDF). Can.J.Fish.Aquar.Sci. 46: 2019–36. doi:10.1139/f89-251.
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