July 24, 2009

Sardines

The sardine (Sardina pilchardus) is the most important seafood in Portugal. Not only economically but also from a cultural point of view. All the knowledge around sardines has been transmitted from one generation to the next. Where to find it, how and when to catch, how to cook and how to eat it! We eat sardines with our hands. Dolphins have them in just one bite. They love to play around sardine schools and just like humans, the knowledge around it is also passing through one generation to the other. We have been observing feeding/hunting behaviors of young dolphins on the last days. Common dolphins. All about sardines here.

(Portuguese purse seiners finishing their fishing activity, early morning, outside Lagos)

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