Pelagic fish · Habitat 0–350 m
Round sardinella
Sardinella aurita
- ESAlacha
- FRSardinelle ronde
- ARالسردين المبروم
- Trade nameSardinelle
The backbone of West Africa's fish trade. Huge schools of round sardinella move along the Mauritanian shelf every year. Pelagic trawlers and purse seiners land them whole and freeze them in blocks. It is an affordable, high-protein fish in steady demand in Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and North Africa.
Specification
Graded and packed to your order.
- Grades
- By pieces/kg or length (e.g. 18–2222–26 cm)
- Presentation
- Whole round
- Frozen / packing
- Sea- or land-frozen · blocks in 20 kg cartons
- Available as
- Frozen
- Origin
- Mauritania · FAO area 34 (Eastern Central Atlantic)
- Trade name
- Sardinelle
Typical grades · packed to your specification. Volumes and seasons vary; ask us for current availability.
The finished product
What arrives at your port.
Your contact in Mauritania
Fadi Hamayda Managing Director
Tell us the grade, presentation, volume and destination port for round sardinella. We check what the plants can supply this season and come back to you with an offer.
