Pilchard
Sardina pilchardus · Mackerel, garfish and shoal fish
Also called sardine
A small, slender silver shoaling fish, also sold as sardine, found in coastal open water of the north-east Atlantic.[1]
How to recognise it
When and where
- Found over
- open water[1]
Sources
These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.