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Morocco is the largest canned sardine exporter in the world and the leading supplier of sardines to the European market. Sardines represent more than 62% of the Moroccan fish catch and account for 91% of raw material usage in the domestic canning industry. Some 600,000 tonnes of fresh sardines are processed each year by the industry.
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]
Ramirez's internationalization process began at the end of the 19th century, creating brands such as Cocagne in the Benelux countries (exported since 1906). Tomé in the Philippines , Canada , and the United States , Al-Fares in the Arab world , or Gabriel in South Africa are all brands of the Portuguese company.
However, sardines are a staple of the traditional cuisine in many parts of Europe and Asia. In Portugal and Spain, for example, tinned fish , or “conservas,” are a delicacy.
This is a list of seafood companies. Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans. Seafood prominently includes fish and shellfish. Seafood companies are typically involved with fishing, fish processing, distribution and marketing. Seafood companies also produce feed and nutrition products for farmed fish.
In March 2006, Heinz sold its European Seafoods business to French-based MW Brands, itself owned by Lehman Brothers banking group, for EUR 425 million. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 2010, Thailand -based seafood processing company Thai Union Group bought MWBrands, becoming the world's largest canned-tuna producer.
The European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the monotypic genus Sardina. The young of the species are among the many fish that are sometimes called sardines . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This common species is found in the northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean , and the Black Sea at depths of 10–100 m (33–328 ft). [ 1 ]
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.