Oceanography: The Unique Sardine from SCIENCE SCREEN REPORT OnLINE

Sardines are among Mother Nature's great gifts. These small, oily fish are plentiful on both coasts, inexpensive, loaded with nutrients and are absolutely delicious. Cultures all over the world have found ways to enjoy this tiny fish, which can be purchased in small tins in just about any grocery store around. What Are Sardines? Sardines are a small schooling fish that roam the open oceans from Japan to California to Chili, eating plankton and small crustaceans. In turn, sardines get eaten by just about everything, including people. Actually, a lot of people all over the world enjoy sardines and have traditional dishes that feature this fish. In the United Kingdom there's stargazy pie, which features sardines, potatoes and eggs baked under a crust; in the Philippines cooks make ginisang sardinas, a dish of sardines cooked in spicy tomato sauce; and in Japan try tatami-iwashi, a dish consisting of dried sardines made into thin sheets that get toasted and eaten as a snack. One of the