Sardinella, also known as pesce azzurro, is brightly coloured with a blue-green back and silver sides. Sardinella is a tireless migrator, and feeds on planktonic animals.
Sardinella are harvested throughout the year in the Central East Atlantic Ocean (FAO area 34).
Sardinella is caught with a mid-water pelagic trawl (OTM).
The total sardinella catch:
2010 | 377,640 MT
2011 | 315,100 MT
2012 | 273,000 MT
2013 | 267,900 MT
2014 | 295,300 MT
2015 | 303,100 MT
2016 | 339,400 MT
2017 | 371,900 MT
2018 | 301,200 MT
2019 | 328,000 MT
2020 | 2021 | –
Composition of food per 100g edible portion
| Water | 67.7 g | Total lipid (fat) | 9.2 g |
| Calories | 165 kcal | Omega-3 | 2 mg |
| Protein | 20.6 g |
Whole-round (WR)
| 2 x 10 kg |
| 20+M | 25+L |
Whole-round (WR)
| 20kg fix |
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