To a seafood novice, anchovies and sardines may seem like the same thing. They have a similar slender body and belong to the category of oily fish that's abundant and widely distributed in oceans ...

It's important to note that certain species of fish contain higher levels of mercury than others, and sardines sit on the lower end of the mercury scale. Compared with other types of canned fish ...

Experts say it is normal but fishers worry that the abundance of young fish could be an effect of warming ocean waters on ...

It forms part of a project on the impact of microplastics on fish species of interest on the Mediterranean coast. The causes behind the decline experienced by wild populations of European sardine ...

The small size of sardines captured off Kerala coast is becoming a serious concern for traditional fishers as the species is a major resource for those who venture into territorial waters every day.

The main species associated with the sardine run is the copper shark (also known as the bronze whaler), but spotted ragged-tooth sharks also take the occasional sardine meal. Like other migrants ...

protect threatened species and prevent extinction. The imposition of scientifically-informed fishing closures, to limit commercial purse-seine anchovy and sardine fishing activities around key ...

KEY HIGHLIGHTS Gujarat's fishermen are catching more mackerel and sardines, species usually found in Kerala and Karnataka, due to changing water temperatures. A small temperature shift of 0.2-0.3 ...