World Ocean - virtually inexhaustible breadbasketall kinds of resources, and one of the most important is fish. Some species are of such great commercial importance that their catch and export is a significant budget item. These include anchovies. What it is?
In past years, their catch reached such volumes thatmany of them were on the verge of extinction. To date, the most severe norms have been introduced, but still, some states do not pay any attention to them. But these measures yielded positive results: for example, Peruvian anchovies (what we are, we have already said) almost completely restored their original number. By the way, this species is exported to our country for the most part, and therefore you can not worry about your contribution to the extermination of rare fish.
В настоящий момент перуанский анчоус является perhaps the most massive view in the ocean. Only official catch amounts are about 8 million tons per year. All this amount is mined in a small coastal strip with a length of 550 km and a width of 55 km. The fact is that in this zone there are powerful ocean currents that bring tons of phytoplankton to the shores. Peruvian anchovies eat it (what we mean, we told you). This affordable diet explains the huge number of these fish. Eating such an affordable form of food, they maximize the use of food resources.
By themselves, they are schooling species, mostly inhabiting the surface layers of water. For a couple of years, each individual grows up to 15 cm, reaching a mass of about 20 g. They live up to four years.
The same Black Sea anchovy is the most importantnutritional element for many species, being the basis of their diet. Like its Peruvian "colleague", this species is most common in its biotope. In the summer, the fish are kept at a warm surface. In winter, they go to a depth of about 80 meters. In the spring, they rise again, begin to intensively fatten fat, and after that they go to spawn.
In length, they rarely grow more than 11 cm.In the recent past, this species was not commercial in our country, and therefore formed giant clusters. Often, such an amount of Black Sea anchovy entered the Balaklava Bay, that most of the fish simply died, and its smell poisoned the life of the townspeople.
Catch their purse seines and trawling.In addition to Peruvian, huge amounts of European anchovy are mined. Domestic sailors catch a lot of anchovies in the Black Sea and the Far East, and their Japanese colleagues tend to keep up, constantly increasing catch volumes in their water area.
They come to consumers as in salted-driedthe form (the so-called snacks for beer), and in the form of canned in oil. By the way, such a popular Norwegian herring loves anchovies very much (you already know what it is). So, it owes much of its fatness and amazing taste to this little fish.
So you know what anchovies are. Photos of fish are in the article, so the store will be difficult to make a mistake.
