Mexico: Sardine Industry represents 40% of the national fishing production

Currently the Sardine Industry is one of the main in the country, representing 40 percent of the total national fishing production, in addition to being an important part of the economy in the states of Sonora and Sinaloa, as one of the main resources fishing boats in the region. The sardine industry integrates the capture and the process, thus maximizing the use of the resource. Canned sardines provide high quality proteins, vitamins and minerals to the population for the benefit of their health. The fishmeal and fish oil produced from the sardine provide protein and omegas to the aquaculture, mariculture and livestock industries that use the product as the basis of their balanced diets. In Sonora and Sinaloa, this chain has 60 fishing vessels that work at sea, and provide raw material to the sardine processing plants for the production of fishmeal and fish oil, freezing and canning. Additionally, they also have shipyards dedicated to the design, maintenance and construction of ...