Anchovies

Appears in
The Tinned Fish Cookbook: Easy-To-Make Meals from Ocean to Plate
The Tinned Fish Cookbook

By Bart van Olphen

Published 2021

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SPECIES
European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)
Argentine anchovy (Engraulis anchoita)
MAXIMUM WEIGHT AND LENGTH
European anchovy: 1 ounce, 7.9 inches long (30 g and 20 cm)
Argentine anchovy: .88 ounce, 6.7 inches long (25 g and 17 cm)
FISHING METHODS
Seine nets, pelagic trawls
MSC-CERTIFIED ANCHOVY FISHERIES
Cantabrian Sea Fishery in Cantabria, Spain (European anchovy)
Argentine Anchovy Fishery (Bonaerense stock) in Mar del Plata, Argentina (Argentine anchovy)