Sardine
a name applied to several kinds of small fish of the family Clupeidæ, the true Mediterranean sardine. The fishing season begins early in June, and is now successful in places along the Atlantic coast and on Puget Sound.
The coasts of Norway and Brittany, in France, are the scenes of the the heaviest takes, and the grade of sardines obtained there is superior. As soon as the fishermen notice shoals of the porpoise or flocks of seagulls off shore sail is made immediately, for the sardine is there. In the United States an extensive industry is carried on, especially on the New England coast, in the way of preserving small fish which are sold under the name of sardines. True sardines having been discovered along the coast of California, in recent years, a large business has developed in canning the fish. In 1920 there were 16 factories engaged in this work.