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Definition of Pacific sardine
1. Noun. Small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America.
Generic synonyms: Pilchard, Sardina Pilchardus, Sardine
Group relationships: Genus Sardinops, Sardinops
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacific Sardine
Literary usage of Pacific sardine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Pacific sardine These small pelagic clupeids occur in the California Current system
... The Pacific sardine supported the largest fishery in the Western ..."
2. Sustainability Issues for Resource Managers by Daniel L. Bottom, Gordon H. Reeves, Martha H. Brookes (1997)
"Population estimates for the waning years of the Pacific sardine fishery CalCOFI
Reports. 20: 72-82. McAdie, AG 1903. Climatology of California. ..."
3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1922)
"Smelt fish (Pacific sardine?) was caught with a cordage-made dip net. This was
pyramidal in shape and of about a bushel in size. In fishing for this species ..."
4. Preparing for an Uncertain Climate by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1993)
"... sockeye, pink and chum) -commercial landings of salmon valued at $140
million -other important species include northern anchovies, Pacific sardine, ..."
5. La Niña and Its Impacts: Facts and Speculation by Michael H. Glantz (2002)
"Reconstruction of the history of Pacific sardine and northern anchovy populations
over the past two millenia from sediments of the Santa Barbara basin, ..."
6. Beyond the Golden Gate: Oceanography, Geology, Biology, and Environmental by Herman A. Karl (2001)
"... and the depletion of Pacific sardine stocks, reduced populations further until
they reached a low of about 6000 birds during the 1950's. ..."
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